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[0:37] All righty. Welcome, welcome, everybody, to our agenda and our regular meeting of the
[0:43] other lentil city council, the other lump to public financing authority, the other
[0:47] lump to public utility authority, the other lump can be benefit corporation and a
[0:50] successor's agency board. Today is August 27th, 2025, getting started here at 1101,
[0:56] Brenda, can you get us started with a roll call please? Yes, Your Honor, Councillor
[1:00] gary's here with us.
[1:00] Captain Revin?
[1:00] President, Councillor Mesa.
[1:02] I'm here.
[1:03] Councillor Ephraim?
[1:04] President Mayer Portemrama?
[1:05] President?
[1:06] In Mayer Reyes.
[1:07] Here.
[1:08] In occasion, Councilwoman Up the Grove, King Lee's in Evocation, and MPT, King Lee's in the
[1:14] flag?
[1:22] Thank you for this opportunity to gather here today.
[1:25] We ask that you get part of all of our decisions and to help our council make the decisions
[1:32] on behalf of our city.
[1:33] We ask that you watch over all of our residents, all of the electives, our mayor, mayor proxies, and of course all of our first responders and Jesus' name we pray.
[1:41] Amen.
[1:42] I push your right hand on your heart, repeat after me.
[1:45] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God, in the visible or the third seed of justice for all of them.
[1:57] All right,
[2:03] there's no closed session reports and Todd you're not you are now not the voice in the sky. I know it is more well always so good.
[2:11] Yes, always so good to see you, man. I know that's wrong.
[2:16] City manager.
[2:17] He's real.
[2:17] Right. He's real.
[2:20] City manager.
[2:20] Turn that over to you for announcing the reports.
[2:22] Yes. Good afternoon. Mayor Reyes. Mayor Pro Temeramo City Council staff and members of the public.
[2:29] Mayor Reyes, under your leadership and this amazing, amazing City Council, we continue
[2:35] to work nonstop for the residents of Adelanto.
[2:40] I am pleased to announce that the city recently hosted its first of two scheduled workshops
[2:49] for the Adelanto Safe Streets for All Action Plan.
[2:55] The purpose of this initiative is to create a safer, more connected environment for our residents.
[3:03] A safer and more connected environment for our residents.
[3:07] Whether our residents are walking, biking, leveraging motorized scooters, or using other forms of transportation.
[3:17] By adopting, by adopting this action plan, we are not only prioritizing public safety, but also positioning the city to qualify, positioning the city to qualify for significant state and federal grant funding opportunities.
[3:36] These grants can help us implement improvements our community desperately needs such as safer intersections,
[3:46] wider and well lit pathways, and infrastructure that encourages healthy and sustainable mobility.
[3:54] We ask our residents to get involved and provide your comments for your and provide your comments
[4:05] and highlight the roads and sidewalk safety concerns you have, sign up for receiving project
[4:14] updates and complete our online survey. We will be hosting one more workshop this coming
[4:21] fall and we highly encourage you to participate by filling out the survey online. So we ask
[4:29] ask you to visit our website as soon as possible.
[4:33] For example, I took the liberty of taking the survey and indicated the following.
[4:40] Mr. Mayor and members of the council, before I read the remarks I made in the survey,
[4:46] I would like to remind you that this is a project you initiated back in 2018,
[4:52] which was to connect, which was to connect the north end of town, the north end of the city with the south end of the city.
[5:00] All right, so we're going to move to the end of the city. However, it was for several reasons, one being COVID, which caused the delay of us not moving forward. Nevertheless, we are dusting off the plans. And moving forward with your idea. The following is the response I initiated as a resident of the city. And I quote, the city of Adelante
[5:28] So needs to be better connected through the creation of a wide accessible walk path along
[5:35] Highway 395, linking the north and the south end of the city with a well lit, thoughtfully
[5:45] designed pathway which would serve multiple purposes, providing safe spaces for jogging,
[5:52] biking, scooters, and walking. Beyond recreation, such a pathway would improve
[5:59] mobility, promote healthier lifestyles, enhance pedestrian safety, and create a
[6:05] more attractive corridor for both the residents and visitors. This investment
[6:10] would not only connect the neighborhoods and businesses, but also help strengthen
[6:15] Adelante's identity, identity as a forward-thinking people-centered city. Those
[6:21] Those were my remarks in the survey and again I encourage the residents to log on and take
[6:28] that survey as well because our grand dollars are predicated on taking this survey.
[6:35] Carlos or Adam will you please bring up a brief look at an aerial Google map shot and
[6:45] this way the council can have the members of the city and the council can have an understanding
[6:51] and we're trying to accomplish.
[6:53] So City Hall is right up here under the red dot,
[6:58] and this is Eric's press way in Highway 395.
[7:02] The idea is to create this path,
[7:05] this walking path on the west side of 395,
[7:11] adjacent to 395 from City Hall,
[7:13] all the way down to Holly,
[7:17] and then from Holly, all the way down
[7:19] to the State of Brothers Shopping Center.
[7:21] This would be a phase one wide walkable path.
[7:26] As you know, we have a lot of Edison easements
[7:28] and I think as well as other utilities.
[7:32] And so we would be leveraging that easement
[7:35] all the way down from the city hall all the way down
[7:39] to State of Brothers as a phase one.
[7:40] Then we would eventually, as you recall, Mr. Mayor,
[7:43] we would be coming and members of the council,
[7:45] we would be going west from the State of Brothers Shopping Center
[7:48] all the way to, what is it, aster, aster, aster, and then heading north.
[7:55] So eventually we would be going north and then cutting across on the expressway, making
[8:00] this a full circle.
[8:01] But right now the top priority is connecting the north end of town with the south end of
[8:05] town, where if a resident wants to pay their bills here at City Hall or visit City Hall
[8:10] for whatever reason, they can walk, jog, ride their bicycle to City Hall, and those folks
[8:15] in the north end of town can do the same thing, connecting the city.
[8:19] That was the idea and the vision back in 2018, so we're dusting off the plans in moving
[8:23] forward with that vision, Mr. Mayor and members of the council.
[8:28] Moving on, let's go ahead and proceed with the next item.
[8:37] Again, I encourage the residents to take the survey and share not only, don't only share
[8:43] your concerns but also provide solutions while you're taking that survey, please.
[8:47] very, very much needed.
[8:49] The Adelante Safe Streets for All Action Plan Task Force includes, the task force includes
[8:57] Mayor Gabriel Reyes, Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Ramos, representatives from the local school district,
[9:03] San Bernardino County agencies and other community leaders that are committed to safe streets
[9:09] in Adelante.
[9:10] So this transformative road safety plan is a partnership between the residents, community organizers and local governments.
[9:20] Thanks in advance to the participants for the much needed state and federal funding grants that we are looking forward to secure in order to connect the north and the south end of town.
[9:34] Moving on. Moving on, excuse me. Moving on to another announcement. I'm pleased to
[9:39] announce Mayor Reyes, members of the council, another project, another project
[9:44] that I believe you will be pleased to know is back on the books, is the long awaited
[9:50] Seneca Road Repaving Rehabilitation Project from Highway 395 all the way to
[9:57] If you can bring the map just one more time,
[10:00] Item, sorry about that, folks, and want to be able to highlight for our residents the other
[10:07] project that you can zoom in just a little bit into Seneca down down here somewhere right
[10:15] here. It's a Seneca down here. So we will be paving Mr. Mayor Reyes and
[10:21] members of this council. From Highway 395 Seneca, this section here, we're going to repave
[10:27] Brand new this entire road that definitely needs to be repaved all the way down to believe
[10:34] Aster is this Aster here next one next one okay so we're gonna be paving from here Aster
[10:41] Road all the way to 395 and that's a brand new road on Seneca we're already starting or
[10:47] have initiated the design work and we anticipate this entire project to be completed by the end
[10:54] of this year, we will be making a much broader announcement and letting the residents know
[11:00] the impact, the positive impact actually the closures are going to have for the city.
[11:05] So we're going to try to pull this off in less than four months and we'll move as quickly
[11:10] as we can.
[11:11] So that's another major victory, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, that you are bringing
[11:16] to your residents.
[11:17] All
[11:27] right, moving on to another project, another initiative, Mayor Reyes,
[11:34] Mayor of the Council, that you have championed that has now come to fruition is the generous donation.
[11:43] The generous donation of the Victor Valley Transit Authority bus, Mr. Mayor, that you took the lead on to the city of Adelanto.
[11:51] So we recently were donated by the Victor Valley Transit Authority, a bus.
[11:58] This vehicle will provide vital transportation services for our seniors, ensuring they
[12:06] have reliable access to and from the senior center.
[12:10] In closing, yes, yes, in closing, I would like to commend our public works department under
[12:20] the leadership of Mr. Ricardo Ochoa for successfully completing the city's community garden project.
[12:27] This was a significant effort that required the dedication and teamwork of several public
[12:35] work staff members, and their commitment is truly appreciated.
[12:39] With this project now completed, our public works team will now refocus, refocus their efforts
[12:45] on addressing city sidewalk improvements and ongoing road maintenance, continuing to enhance the quality of life for our residents.
[12:56] Councilwoman Evans, thank you also very much for assisting and for securing the much needed funds and resources to bring this community garden to fruition.
[13:06] Thank you, thank you very much, Councilwoman Evans.
[13:09] This concludes my report.
[13:11] Thank you.
[13:12] Thank you.
[13:13] I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to Councilman Evans.
[13:16] Thank you.
[13:16] Yes.
[13:18] I'll just piggyback on the community garden.
[13:20] Thank you, city manager and staff.
[13:21] Council for allowing me to take the lead on that, the vision that, again, going back to
[13:26] 2018, right?
[13:27] It's crazy that it takes so long for things to come to fruition but it's just the way government
[13:31] works.
[13:32] Not just us guys everywhere.
[13:34] So I'm happy that to see.
[13:36] I went out actually yesterday and just to make sure it.
[13:41] into check spacing for boxes and all of those things.
[13:44] And after speaking with City Manager Flores,
[13:46] we've decided that it would be best for us
[13:48] to push the grant opening for that back to spring.
[13:52] There's no point in us coming out and planting now,
[13:55] and then everything freezes, because this is the high desert.
[13:58] So we're gonna go ahead and wait.
[14:00] So thank you guys for the hurry up.
[14:02] We got a hurry up and wait situation,
[14:03] but the plot is there, the gate is there,
[14:06] the foundation is there,
[14:07] and public works is eager to build a box
[14:10] So we will have 28 boxes, 28 plots that y'all can rent and grow any fruits and vegetables
[14:17] that you'd like to grow there.
[14:18] So we're super excited to roll that out.
[14:19] We'll be working with staff and our PIO and marketing team to roll out next steps and
[14:25] how you guys sign up.
[14:26] You can all wait, listen, all of those things.
[14:27] So thank you, City Manager and Council for trusting me with that project.
[14:31] Happy to count on me.
[14:33] Can I step in for one second?
[14:35] Just so you know, we want Bertik to drop off a lot of the mulch.
[14:40] This would be a good time in the fall for that to get mulch, so it's ready for the spring.
[14:45] So just keep that in mind if you want to be out there for that to happen.
[14:48] Perfect.
[14:49] Okay.
[14:51] Next, some of the things, the two major things that I did this in the last two weeks.
[14:56] I think Mayor Pro Temmer almost for bringing to my attention.
[14:59] and also
[15:00] Councilwoman Cindy Allen from Long Beach. She hosted an amazing, an amazing tour of their green port, right? I don't know if you all have been down to Long Beach port lately, but the things are doing there are phenomenal. And why that matter? I was like, why are we going to that? I didn't do it as we don't have no water, right? But we learned so much about the inland porting that's happening now. I don't know if you guys are aware of the huge part of the taking place in Barstow. So thank you, Mayor Pro Temeramos for bringing this email to my attention. And again, huge shout out to Councilwoman Cindy.
[15:29] Cindy Allen for posting not only us but all of her district were able to go on this boat tour it was it was amazing
[15:37] So if y'all haven't been to Long Beach you should go check it out. It's very green there. I guess they're not spilling oil anymore
[15:42] It's great
[15:44] Next just yesterday we had or I'm sorry on Monday my hot Mojave desert air quality management district meeting
[15:51] Happy to report the EPA has finally agreed to
[15:57] the stuff right and so it's a whole complicated process but it was gonna put so
[16:02] many regulations and costs on so many of us here in the high desert so thank you
[16:08] Mayor Reyes for your time on the board when you guys started pushing this stuff
[16:11] through and now to see it come to fruition as of Monday we were waiting for the
[16:16] timeframe they have a 30-day window for to sit on the desk for people to
[16:20] complain and put in their appeals and all of that jazz as of Monday it had not
[16:24] happened Tuesday was the cutoff I haven't got an email from Brad it didn't get
[16:28] appealed so it looks like we're good and we're gonna be able to move forward with
[16:32] that so super excited was there any changes no so everything yes yes super
[16:40] excited and and I'll see if I can get Brad to come over and try I wouldn't be
[16:44] able to explain it properly so I'll see if we can get Brad who is our executive
[16:48] director of Mojave to come over and give a full report so that and maybe like
[16:54] I don't want to say dumb it down, but like,
[16:57] elementary five, because it's hard for me to understand
[16:59] and I've been on the board for a long time.
[17:01] So, to try to make it easy to digest,
[17:04] I would not do a justice, okay?
[17:07] But those are the two major things,
[17:08] and so that's all I got, thank you.
[17:10] Councilor, enough to go for it.
[17:12] Good morning, Stone.
[17:13] Good morning, everybody.
[17:14] It's good to see everyone here.
[17:16] I have short announcements,
[17:18] but I'm gonna start with a fun one for me.
[17:20] I started school at Victor Valley College.
[17:23] I'm so excited, and now I have a lot of homework, so these meetings have to go, no, I'm just
[17:29] Extended meetings.
[17:31] No, shorter meetings.
[17:32] No, I'm super excited and actually to begin with your huge success with the
[17:38] Community Garden, it just so happens that we received a large, ridiculously large
[17:46] donation of seeds from color greens to cucumbers to I know it's me and the
[17:53] color greens again and I'm saying it wrong apparently so so we we got tens of
[18:00] seeds so we would like to make that donation and contribution. Our closing
[18:06] closet was a great success and I want to also think I see Anita here from
[18:12] and also from ACRC, we have just been really grateful to be able to distribute the bread
[18:19] from Journey Force Square and just having that partnership has been a blessing for so
[18:24] many people who struggle with transportation.
[18:27] So to be able to bring the bread drive to a more central location is good.
[18:34] And also, I just want to remind, we have a lot of youth that are looking currently for employment
[18:40] And so ICR staffing has some really great first-time opportunities.
[18:45] They are posting it on their websites.
[18:48] They're posting it through social media on Facebook and Instagram.
[18:51] So if you have a youth in your life that is looking for opportunities, maybe go check out
[18:57] ICR staffing services here in the high desert because they have some really good opportunities.
[19:03] I want to thank little lambs and community action partners for allowing us to have one of
[19:08] of our largest distribution of free diapers and wipes
[19:12] yesterday here in the city of Adelanto.
[19:14] We actually had our largest distribution that we've ever had.
[19:19] So we were able to help many, many children and families
[19:24] with free diapers, free wipes.
[19:26] And I think little lambs also added some bottles
[19:30] and pacifiers and all sorts of other fun things.
[19:33] Just as a reminder, the city is hosting there
[19:36] or we're not hosting
[19:37] but the citywide yard sale is this week and so hopefully if you are going to be
[19:43] participating in the citywide yard sale please either share that you know on
[19:48] social media so other neighbors will know to stop by your yard sale. As you all
[19:53] know new leaf ministries will be participating in the citywide yard sale and if
[19:59] you've ever been to our
[20:00] So you definitely want to come again because everything is new and everything is really, really good stuff. The last thing I have, I know that there was scheduled a blood drive over at the senior center for post-229 and I know that the scorching heat came through and it really hindered the ability to continue that project on so.
[20:28] So I'm just excited about our post-229 reopening soon.
[20:33] I've been super happy to see all of the participation from post-229, the women's
[20:38] auxiliary over at the senior center and the great work that they've done throughout
[20:42] this summer and throughout this heat.
[20:44] So I'm excited for them to reopen and hopefully our community can come out and support them
[20:51] that the way that they have supported all of us.
[20:54] So I'm excited for those things.
[20:56] another than that I am good. Thank you so much Councilmember Mason. Good morning as well.
[21:04] I want to start off with,
[21:08] I've been working a lot within the city the last few weeks.
[21:14] Part partially was an issue with my youngest son starting school. He's in this one of the
[21:22] bed programs and he went to school and it just wasn't the right classes for him and they
[21:28] didn't have them in the right classes.
[21:30] So I got with the school board, they were amazing, they jumped on it, worked on it, classes
[21:35] were switched over on Monday, everything went perfect.
[21:38] The reason I bring it up is as parents, we got to make sure our kids are in the right classes
[21:42] that they're supposed to go to and listen to your kids and if they're tiny, they're having
[21:46] a hard time.
[21:47] the school are open. They're the school board drill open. They've been real
[21:54] communicated with me. So please get involved with the kids because my kid was
[21:57] coming home crying bad right. So luckily my son and me have a good relationship
[22:01] to open up. So now I'm working with the school board more hand and hand and talking
[22:05] about hey if these kind of programs we should be doing an audit right to make
[22:09] sure that these kids are supposed to be in the programs are also in the right
[22:13] classes for these programs, right? So they've been real receptive and real wanting to work with
[22:19] me. So I want to build a relationship with the school board on that kind of basis that way
[22:25] these are our kids these are our babies right that are in Atlanta. These are our school districts
[22:30] and I really want to get involved working hand in hand. I don't want to do their job there.
[22:34] They have an amazing job and they do a great job but just so they have some feedback from parents.
[22:39] And so I don't want to be the only one because unfortunately for me it's like they call me
[22:44] councilman as soon as they call me back and I appreciate the quick service, but I don't
[22:48] want to be the only one because of my councilman where they jump on this, right?
[22:51] So if you need any help, contact me and I'll help me, yeah, I'll give you my number right
[22:58] away.
[22:58] That way we can help our kids make sure they're in the right classes and make sure everything's
[23:02] going good.
[23:03] It's the beginning of the year.
[23:04] So a lot of things just go computer wise and get sent out.
[23:06] These are your classes.
[23:07] So it's not that no one to blame, but they got to get checked, right?
[23:10] So it's us for us to kind of look back into that saying so with the schools going to all the schools.
[23:15] Jesse, I just want to say thank you to your staff and the whole team for cleaning up all the walking area is going into the schools.
[23:20] There was some over the over the winter over the summer.
[23:24] You get a bunch of brush and the school does a good job of cleaning up in front of the schools,
[23:28] but then it becomes our property going to the schools, right?
[23:31] So our staff went out there.
[23:32] I saw a resident kind of email me, but we already had done it the day before at our last city council.
[23:37] member so it was a great everyone's out there watching and I appreciate the
[23:41] residents who send the emails to keep us notifying what they see because without
[23:46] that extra little push you know we can just get things a lot done faster if we
[23:50] work as a team in other words you know so send us emails message us however you
[23:54] want to get to us if you feel you're not getting heard come in here and say hey
[23:58] I've emailed you guys what's going on but the staff went out there probably took
[24:02] about a week I noticed they did some bus stops and then they went so they were
[24:06] all around the city going good. So thank you for staff for that. Another big
[24:11] announcement that Coach Stokes, Coach Stokes and the Adalanta High School
[24:15] football team got their first win this last week. I mean, they went 0 and 10 last
[24:21] year. It was a bad, it was one of those seasons, you know, but like you never get
[24:25] the ship when it's going right. I always say that, you know, you don't get it when
[24:29] it's going perfect because no one gives up the captain when the ship is going
[24:32] perfect. So he got a ship that had some holes in it. They were bucketing the
[24:35] water out got all the water out and finally he got that bucket dumped on him
[24:39] forgetting his first win so you like how I put it all around right there right so
[24:44] shout out to coach Stokes his family has been involved in the high desert for
[24:48] years his name's a staple up here his father did a lot of amazing work with the
[24:53] football organizations at the college the name is gold up here for us to have a
[24:56] in our, in our high school 8.
[25:00] It's a great thing. The kids motivated. They're excited. They had a game called White Out. Everyone wore white. It was a beautiful atmosphere in the city of Adelaide. So again, I encourage you. You don't like outdoors. There's indoors. The volleyball teams are going right now. So just get involved with the high school. It's a great family thing because it's safe. It's in the schools and we're supporting them with the $3 and buying the chips and it's just going to a good cause. So please go check out a score. Go to a sport. Go check out a play. They have drama classes.
[25:28] just invest in our kids just by going to go watch them play. It's not a big
[25:32] investment but if you go weekly it's it's a fun time believe me all right she
[25:42] got scared she got scared. I also have the pleasure of welcoming Juan
[25:46] Carrillo to our city to meet me at Clark Pacific. Yes I work for Clark
[25:53] Pacific right but that's 90 jobs that we have there right now in the city
[25:58] And we want to make it, we have room for, I've seen up to 250 employees at that plant right so what can we do to drive business to bring more companies to use our companies within our city.
[26:10] So partner with Assemblyman Juan Carrillo and came up with some ideas and making, making contacts and making relationships.
[26:17] You never know what kind of business he hears when he's on a meeting is I, hey, I know somebody that can do that right.
[26:21] So, me and Councilman Mayor Pro Temps, sorry, Daniel, we're talking about that, hey, if
[26:30] we're going to do that for here, maybe I would take the lead on kind of going to other
[26:33] companies and kind of seeing what they would do and what can I help to kind of promote them
[26:38] as well, seeing what kind of employment they have, do they have any openings, what can I
[26:45] do to help drive business to them, because I really want to be local and helping our local
[26:50] community when we got Daniel going out to L.A. and bringing money in from over there.
[26:54] Mayor Zuin is doing a lot. So I'm trying to stay local and working with our local companies
[26:59] and seeing what we can do to drive business into here. Oh, okay. Amanda wants it. Amanda wants
[27:04] a mic back when I'm done. So it was a great meeting with Assemblyman Juan Carrillo and just
[27:11] building the bridge is stronger here within the city. Thank you again to Mayor Pro Temp
[27:18] For, I don't know if anybody knows any seniors or anybody that just need diapers at the adult level.
[27:24] Now, Amanda handles the kid ones.
[27:26] Mayor Pro Tem has a lot of extra adult ones.
[27:29] I was able to give them to a lot of residents, I'm sorry, residents in the city.
[27:34] That's what I was doing yesterday, so thank you for working with me.
[27:37] If we have smaller sizes, that's, I got asked on that, that'd be cool.
[27:41] So we'll get with this right after and we'll take care of whatever you guys are looking for.
[27:46] So that's why I kind of bring it up.
[27:47] Just so you guys know that's why it's good to come or at least watch us and hear what we're saying that way you guys get a lot
[27:53] Of the resources that we have to offer everybody so if someone can't get it someone can go get it for you
[27:58] And that's what we're trying to do to build the stronger community, and that's all I got sir
[28:02] Oh back to you like
[28:05] Is that okay? I just because as councilman Mesa was speaking about the youth and being engaged in the companies here in Atlanta
[28:13] So I just wanted to briefly make a shout out to Clark Pacific.
[28:17] We recently, we have Tifa Griffin here and I'm very grateful because, although she is not here for this purpose, I want to thank you because as the instructor who helps facilitate our heartworks program, I want to thank artists of the high desert and I want to thank Clark Pacific for making it possible to really bring another form of healing for our youth.
[28:41] We have an incredible arts program that, because of Clark Pacific, we do have an opportunity
[28:47] quarterly, and we hope to grow that art program.
[28:52] And because of TFA Griffin, we have the opportunity to bring amazing classes and opportunities
[28:59] for our youth to be exposed to different kinds of art projects that they may not have exposure
[29:05] to at their schools or at their homes or in their neighborhoods or even in this community.
[29:10] And so because she's creating these spaces and places, our youth have the opportunity
[29:16] to engage and be a part of something very special.
[29:19] And this last Saturday, that's exactly what happened.
[29:23] Parents, to my understanding, we're pulling their kids to come out from the event.
[29:28] And so that is a huge success.
[29:30] And so I just want to thank you, T. Fein, for the work that you did with our youth.
[29:33] And I want to thank Clark Pacific for the generous donation to make it possible.
[29:38] Thank you, thank you very much, sorry, okay, I'm done.
[29:43] Thank you, Mr. Mayor, great morning, great morning, great morning to everyone in attendance
[29:48] and online, before I get into my announcements, Councilman Mesa brought up coaches and
[29:58] Gatorade Baths and all that.
[30:00] And I need to ask, first of all, why we don't have the red carpet and the roses and the trumpets rolled out. For our favorite coach, our championship coach, our forever coach, who's no stranger to Gatorade Baths, please help him. Please help me and help us welcome back our favorite coach, coach Wiley. Coach God, let's start Wiley, coach Wiley. Yes, sir. All right, so really quick guys. Thursday, August 14th was at our Metro Valley.
[30:29] study session for SBCTA, nothing major to report back on that one, as well.
[30:35] I attended our Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling JPA Board meeting.
[30:40] Nothing major to report back to there.
[30:41] There was the chair elections for chair and vice chair, MPT from Mr. Kuzat, from Apple
[30:50] Valley.
[30:51] Larry is our chair, our current chair and then the vice chair position is currently vacant.
[30:58] On Monday, August 18th, attended our Measure I-3.0 ad hoc meeting, and the only thing to report back from that is that the committee, the ad hoc, agreed that we will not be moving forward with asking for an additional half cent on the upcoming ballot, we're going to keep it the same so it'll still be a half cent, but we are going to ask for an extension, right?
[31:21] And you're going to hear MPT talk a lot about measure I from here on out every meeting.
[31:27] Keeping my city manager just made a lot of announcements about road work that's happening here in the near future.
[31:34] A lot of the funding is coming from measure I guys, right?
[31:37] So I can't tell you how to vote, but just keep in mind that a lot of the rehabilitation of our roads,
[31:43] the new paving, and not just roads, other economic projects that are happening.
[31:49] meeting, a lot of that funding, a lot of that support we get from the current measure
[31:53] I. So keep a lookout on that one for the next, for the next ballot. Tuesday, August 19th
[32:00] attended a SPCTA meeting again, concerning our access agreement. And I was hoping that
[32:06] my shipmate Ms. Magna was going to be here since she asked about it last, last meeting, but
[32:10] she's not. That meeting was to focus on the strategy on how we're going to attack Cal
[32:18] Trans at the state level right and I'll have another update from that from that meeting that I had yesterday
[32:23] Had that meeting and then August 21st
[32:27] As Councilwoman Evans mentioned we had an amazing
[32:30] Tour of the port down in Long Beach and city manager if we can just please have staff really just do a little bit of research and keep our ears
[32:38] Open for any type of inland port opportunities that are out there, right?
[32:43] Barcell's right down the street from us, they're not too far.
[32:46] We have railroad that's near here, so I have a feeling that we are going to have some opportunities to potentially tap into that funding source in the near future.
[32:55] So if we can please do our due diligence on that, I would appreciate it.
[32:59] And again, thank you, Councilwoman Cindy Ellen and President Cindy Ellen for the invitation and the tour.
[33:06] Saturday, August 23rd, I attended the SBCTA Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge reopening project
[33:13] down in San Bernardino. Amazing bridge, amazing project. They had all the bells and whistles
[33:19] and the ponies and the fire trucks out there so it was great to be able to network out there
[33:23] with our supervisors and other elected officials from the IE.
[33:28] Let's see, yesterday had the meeting, the update, the follow-up meeting with SBCTA and Mr. Jim Hirsch.
[33:36] There is a meeting scheduled for early next week that's going to take place with the director from SBCTA,
[33:43] CalTrans District 8, and the CalTrans deputy director, Mr. Michael Keaver.
[33:48] We're hoping and we're keeping our fingers crossed and we're praying that this is going to be the final meeting before we get the green light, right?
[33:55] However, you never know what's going to happen, but I just want to send a special thank you to
[34:01] SBCTA Director Carrie and Deputy Director Otis for the support that we continue to get from that organization.
[34:10] Lastly, happy early, safe, happy and safe early Labor Day for next Monday coming up.
[34:18] And then lastly, ladies and gentlemen, Friday, please put this on your calendar.
[34:21] Friday September 12th, we will be having our movies in the park over by desert trails.
[34:28] I believe the city just posted asking for input on what movies, what movie we would like
[34:34] to see, and keep in mind it's going to be in conjunction with our bicycle and traffic safety
[34:40] expo where we're going to have a bunch of demonstrations out there for two days.
[34:44] We are going to be giving away a hundred helmets to the kids first come first serve, so try
[34:48] get there early. I believe it starts at four o'clock mayor. And again, thank you to Skag,
[34:53] and thank you to GoHuman for the donation that we got to them.
[35:00] From them to host this event. With that, that wraps up my report. Thank you. And I'll be quick. Welcome, welcome, everybody. Thank you for being here. Just in regards to some announcements, I had my VVTA meeting in Barshto, real quick meeting, nothing too crazy to report out. It was another approval, a couple of RFPs, but nothing that would affect us here directly. I was able to do a mayor minute with their PIO, Chris Ackerman, which is up on the social media platforms.
[35:29] But specifically there, I wanted just to have him highlight how the bus covers work, how the seats work, how ridership of the buses really determines which locations have the covers, which locations have a bench and which locations just have a poll, right?
[35:49] So all of that is based off of ridership because that ridership is what allows them to pull as data
[35:56] Saying that hey, we need to buy
[35:59] A hundred more of these covers for the victor valley 30 of them are going on the long term, right?
[36:04] So I know it's probably going to be quite uncomfortable right now if some of the bus stops that you're using don't have the covers
[36:11] But that that ridership is what will give us more covers
[36:15] He also talked about the direct link feature that's going to be coming to the city of
[36:19] Abelanto in the next physical year.
[36:22] What direct link is, it's a almost like a sprinter van, right?
[36:27] That will pick you up at your home and it will take you directly to your doctor's appointment
[36:32] or anywhere that you want to go in the Victor Valley as long as it's, I think, two or three
[36:37] miles from one of their bus stops, right?
[36:41] So like, let's say, you're the bus stoppers of a highway 18 and central, but your doctor's office is about a mile down the
[36:50] way and you would normally have to walk. Well, with this feature, they can pick you up at home and they can take you
[36:55] directly to that doctor's office and then pick you up from the doctor's office and bring you home. They started this
[37:02] in Victorville, then added on his spare year. Last year, they added on Apple Valley. This year, so at the end of this
[37:10] physical year, then they're going to add on all of our
[37:12] the lanto to the map and then we'll have full access to the region.
[37:17] So a lot of great updates there with with with VVTA and
[37:21] grateful for that.
[37:22] Then that Thursday, the 21st, like City Manager made mentioned,
[37:26] we were able to deliver and present the the bus for our senior
[37:30] community that will be up and running here very, very shortly for
[37:34] your activities and services.
[37:36] And you know, just thank you, molding hearts for all that you guys have
[37:39] done continuously do and do hopefully this is a this solves one of the many hurdles that you guys
[37:49] have hit on head on right and it was just really that there's I remember in the beginning of it
[37:56] right away maybe a week or two in 15 20 people wanting to come but either the vision is too bad
[38:03] or they don't have means of transportation and and and and the bus stop it was it was a lot of issues
[38:08] on a day-to-day base took us a few months but grateful that we got to
[38:12] situated for your seniors let me know when your first sizzler trip is and when
[38:18] your first Vegas trip is because I have no problem in joining y'all with that
[38:23] okay then so I know that we are going to be going don't play with me now
[38:29] Don't play.
[38:31] Mayor, are there still sizzlers?
[38:33] Yeah.
[38:34] And they sound beer.
[38:35] Yeah.
[38:36] Yeah.
[38:41] And then yeah, we have one here in the spare.
[38:43] We'll go.
[38:45] And then that following Friday, the day after,
[38:48] Councilmember Mesa made mention of the victory for coach
[38:52] dogs, you know, and just to show love, just to show
[38:55] love to my brother.
[38:57] Because everybody knows, you know, we had
[39:00] We climbed some mountains together.
[39:02] It was a new day, finally in Al-Al-Alaonteau.
[39:07] Coach Wadu, Mr. Wadu, Godly Wadu, however you want to call him,
[39:12] Dorsi legend, whatever name you got for him.
[39:18] He created some big shoes that needed to be filled.
[39:23] He created a culture.
[39:24] He created a camaraderie at Al-Al-Alaonteau high
[39:27] that since his vacancy hasn't been able to give Matt or even come close, right?
[39:34] So on Friday, no shout out to Coach Stokes, he met some and coach knows he had some crazy
[39:43] politics when he got the position, you know, people didn't allow kids to transfer.
[39:49] So here comes the coach with half a team and has to recruit kids from the high school that
[39:54] and never played football before to be on the team.
[39:57] So it was very first year he went all in 10.
[40:00] And it wasn't 0 and 10, like close games, it was 0 and 10, like 40 to nothing games. But the beautiful thing is this. All the home games are still packed with the kids. Like the school spirit is something that never left from, you know, 2018 days. But for this Saturday, for it to be packed out stand, amazing energy for them to be in control from beginning to end and for the frame to walk away with his first victory. It was, it was a new day.
[40:29] for Alilanto football and coach thank you so much for everything that you've invested into that school, into that community, the culture that you've built,
[40:38] your name still rings through those doors heavily because we know that we will give back to that promise land that you took us to.
[40:45] That was just that and then the last thing that I had was a great meeting with some of our members staff and other developers that are going on.
[40:56] So they just redid a zoning and a redistricting, specifically for
[41:02] the opportunities on turn all the long term, right?
[41:04] It got a lot better, the investment opportunities to invest in two
[41:09] opportunities zones increased, and there's one more tier that they haven't voted on.
[41:15] But there is a rural communities opportunity zone that even increases more benefits and
[41:23] services right where with the help of our assemblyman and his team, hopefully the house
[41:28] speaker can get to the governor, but the government ultimately decides if it would be a
[41:34] role category or not.
[41:36] All the rental meets all checks off all the boxes, but that's just something that just happened
[41:42] here in the beginning of July.
[41:45] So that's a great incident I'm there and we'll continue to support that and try to get
[41:49] things done here.
[41:50] to continue to increase the quality of life city manager.
[41:52] Thank you for all your amazing updates.
[41:54] But with that being said, we're gonna move on to our next agenda item
[41:59] and move on to our presentations.
[42:01] And if we can have molding hearts, please come forward and present.
[42:12] And there should be a base on the microphone right on the bottom of the base.
[42:16] You can hit that.
[42:17] It's on.
[42:18] Okay.
[42:21] Good morning, Mayor and Council.
[42:23] My name is Angelique Miller and I represent molding heart as well as the
[42:28] Senior Center of Atlanta. We're here today just to give you guys an update of what's been
[42:33] transpiring in the last couple of months. And I have my seniors with me. Can I get a woo?
[42:44] So just the background, we launched the first week of April with about 15 to 20 seniors.
[42:51] And as of today, we service between 60 and 75 seniors daily and growing. We just had five new
[42:57] people came in right before we left. That's what we came in short of 11 a.m.
[43:02] And at the senior center, we provide breakfast lunch activities and health and wellness as
[43:08] well as resource navigation. I want to thank the city of Atlanta for their partnership,
[43:15] but also I want to give, I want to say personally again, thank you for the transportation because
[43:22] it's so needed. We get calls. I don't know if the city gets calls directly, but we get
[43:26] calls at least once or twice a week of seniors that want to come. The bus will be able not only
[43:32] for us to be able to pick them up but it would also allow us opportunity to take meals to them.
[43:39] The ones that's that's bed ridden so again thank you that was a big hurdle that we were
[43:43] praying about and you guys didn't meet that. Also one of the tasks that we have been struggling with
[43:52] issues that we've been struggling with is we're self-funded.
[43:55] A mode in heart is a nonprofit organization
[43:57] and we do a lot of things in the community
[43:59] with provide housing and nutrition and things like that.
[44:02] But with the senior senior, we jumped in to do the work.
[44:06] We came in to provide the service, never came in to take.
[44:10] But one of our goals was to make sure
[44:12] that we had a permitted kitchen.
[44:14] And we are running into a little snacks
[44:18] with getting our kitchen permitted.
[44:21] There's some things that need to be done in order for us to have environmental health to come in to give us the right permit in which we need.
[44:29] So we're asking the city to allow us to expand to partner with us to be able to help us get the kitchen and compliance.
[44:38] Some of the things that we need is for the upgrade of the hood the exhaust system.
[44:45] the refrigeration and also the HVAC, I HVAC system and I see is or here that
[44:56] could test you guys don't have to say anything but it gets
[45:00] It's really hot in there. I mean, I know it's air condition in there, but it's just not working to the capacity of the seniors. I mean, we, you know, try to do what we could do, but it's just not meeting that. So our ask is that if the city could help us meet that. So we will be able to get these things. So when the environmental health come in, I could get permitted and then I could get funding coming in because one of the requirements for one of our fund is nutrition meals. I will be able
[45:29] to be reimbursed for the meals that we service.
[45:32] The seniors, I cannot apply for that grant
[45:35] until the kitchen gets up to part.
[45:40] Anything else?
[45:43] Any questions?
[45:44] Thank you so much.
[45:45] Thank you so much, council and questions.
[45:48] I don't think I have questions for y'all.
[45:50] I want to thank you for the service that you're providing.
[45:56] I was invited out by one of our everybody
[45:59] knows Mr. Justified, right?
[46:02] So just flies like you got to get over there and I'm like I'm trying but dang they hours is crazy
[46:06] So I had the privilege of coming one day and during it was like the transition time between breakfast and lunch
[46:13] And so I got to see folks leaving and then folks coming in and it does it it is doing what we intended it to do
[46:19] Right the tables filled up the games were happening
[46:23] activities were taking place
[46:25] the the
[46:27] relationships
[46:28] that I got to witness, you've built with different seniors, right?
[46:32] They're walking up and they're telling you a whole lot.
[46:33] And I said, bless you, because I would have been like,
[46:36] ah, that's nice.
[46:38] Go on and do your thing, right?
[46:41] So the patience and the heart that you have for that group
[46:45] of people is something I've never witnessed before.
[46:47] So thank you for that.
[46:49] And being the light that the seniors need in that place,
[46:51] it's long overdue that we have organization
[46:57] That is providing the service that the senior center was initially intended to do and to be so thank you for that
[47:05] I
[47:06] Did get to witness what happens when the hood does not work
[47:10] right
[47:12] While the chicken was amazing. I told you guys about it. Remember I told you I tried to chicken. It's great
[47:17] It got smoky. It's all get out in there and I'm like
[47:21] I'm gonna go home because I just watched my hair and I want that in my hair for the rest of the week, right?
[47:26] So definitely got to witness the side effects of the downside of not having the proper kitchen appliances and things there.
[47:37] But my questions are not for molding hearts.
[47:47] Do you want me to ask my questions now or you want me to pull the consent calendar?
[47:50] What do you want me to do?
[47:51] Let's do the presentation, I'll pull it.
[47:52] Yeah, we'll find the question.
[47:53] That's fine.
[47:54] So I'll let you all have your moment because you're amazing.
[47:56] Thank you.
[47:56] I love what you're doing.
[47:57] Keep up the great work.
[47:58] Thank you.
[48:00] Thank you.
[48:01] Oh, Councilwoman up there.
[48:03] I'll say.
[48:04] Any other questions?
[48:06] Yep.
[48:06] I got some comments.
[48:07] Thank you.
[48:08] I think, and as you all know, being next door, I get to see firsthand how early you all come
[48:16] in.
[48:17] I get to see the dedication that you put into the work that you do with our seniors.
[48:23] And I have seen you serve not just seniors.
[48:26] one of the things that I think is heartwarming is when I see you serve people you
[48:36] don't have to serve I see that a lot I see that a lot and it's not just me
[48:42] who sees it the whole community in fact I think I shared the story with you
[48:48] Angie that I was in I was in Apple Valley I say all the way right all the way in
[48:53] Apple Valley and and I'm ear-hustling this this I'm at Mama Carpino's first of
[49:00] all and I'm listening to these ladies talking about did you go did you did you
[49:05] try the food at the senior center over there in Atlanta and I'm over here
[49:09] like oh I know I know who I want to see I want to hear and they're talking about
[49:13] you need to go the food and I jumped out I was like the food is great like it is
[49:18] and they're just gonna be like how rude of you to jump into my come yeah I don't
[49:22] Okay. It's great. I tell everybody it is great. I told the mayor once I said I'm going
[49:28] to snatch my neighbors AARP card just so I can get in there and get some food. But you're
[49:34] so gracious that even our volunteers at the food bank you have served. And none of them
[49:43] have an AARP card. So we are grateful. We are so grateful that you're in our city and
[49:50] in our communities and in our lives.
[49:53] I have a question about what exactly you need
[49:55] done with the refrigeration and the HVAC system.
[49:59] So can you give me more?
[50:00] Any details about what exactly the refrigeration needs are and the HVC? So let's start with the refrigeration. Um, the refrigeration. Can you hear me? Can we get rid of them or maybe the hand help? Can you hear me now? There you go. What did you do? The hand help?
[50:23] Okay. Thank you. Let's start with the refrigeration. Um, the refrigeration has went out like three or four times and we had to, um, get it fixed.
[50:33] outside with of course with our own funding what's happening is dropping
[50:36] temperature. What the technician that we called in said is that he recommended
[50:44] that a cover be covered outside I guess where the fan is in the back he said
[50:49] that would help but it's not helping. I don't know if they covered they tried to do
[50:55] a makeshift to try to because it gets so hot it cools down the heat and then it
[51:00] freezes on the inside. So again, I have replaced call for service like three or four times and it costs
[51:07] What is the cost of that each time? Yes minimum
[51:11] First time I spent 2100 okay, and then it went
[51:16] A thousand eight hundred and seven
[51:19] So I fixed it several times
[51:21] um, and that's not something that
[51:25] Again, I'm in there just to do the work, you know, it's not something that I'm a buggy guys about because at the end
[51:30] is a day. I still have to make sure the food is at the right
[51:33] temperature for the seniors. Right. It went out on Friday and we
[51:36] lost all the food over the weekend. So we had to, you know,
[51:40] replace that. So that's with refrigeration in regards to the
[51:44] exhaust system. I think it's not blowing heavy heavy enough.
[51:49] The BTU is not sucking up. So we can't use the flat grill on the
[51:53] stove. Because when we use the flat grill, it's staying at a
[51:58] high temperature, I think it's over 400 degrees
[52:00] and it's only getting hot in the certain area.
[52:03] So it comes out and it filters into the area
[52:08] where the seniors are and they chokes out.
[52:10] Miss Cynthia, yeah.
[52:12] Miss Cynthia, she was like, you gotta get me out of here.
[52:16] It's, you know, so we have to be careful
[52:19] on what we're able to prepare.
[52:20] So we limited on some of the things
[52:22] that we could prepare for the seniors.
[52:26] and the HVAC. The HVAC is not getting hot at all.
[52:31] If I'm not, cold cold it all, I'm sorry, cold it all.
[52:35] Yeah, so what I'm thinking, I think is it two correct me from, is it two or three?
[52:39] Is two systems?
[52:41] Yes, systems there, but I don't know if they're not positioned in the right part, but it's not hitting the full area of the center.
[52:49] And, and have you had people come out and look at that?
[52:52] Well, the public works came out several times.
[52:55] They came out every time I called.
[52:58] I mean, I think I called you one time.
[53:00] Yeah.
[53:01] You were next door, and I was like, can you get them out here?
[53:03] They come out.
[53:04] They try to adjust it, but it does not.
[53:07] It has not hit yet the right temperature as of yet.
[53:11] And it's hot for the seniors.
[53:15] So I'm just thinking of that.
[53:17] It might be a thermostat, which maybe the other 501C3
[53:20] was here last week and replace our thermostats. I did that. We got the brand new ones.
[53:25] They're all changed. Yeah, I changed them. Three many action partners. No, I changed them.
[53:30] I had the same company that did the refrigeration to do the thermostat in it. Okay, we can work on those kind of things. Thank you.
[53:37] Thank you.
[53:39] Hold on.
[53:41] Amanda wasn't done so I asked her if I could just go.
[53:52] I have a full flesh restaurant in Ontario, so I know the cost, so I haven't measured
[54:00] the size of the hood, but the one that I replaced in my business down, it was over $20,000
[54:12] for just the hood itself.
[54:15] That's just the hood.
[54:17] Refrigeration, depending on the size of the refrigeration
[54:21] that we need to walk in, that could be another 10 to 13,000.
[54:27] You know, it all depends on, you know,
[54:30] again, if we could get it working, the refrigeration by all means.
[54:34] But it doesn't make sense if you do the math.
[54:37] The amount of time that I, excuse my French, I damn
[54:39] they're paid for half one half of one already so and I don't know if the exhaust system the
[54:46] fire system worked because they helped I mean the fire came but the exhaust that's different
[54:51] So, it can be a little pricey.
[54:57] Okay. What?
[55:01] And in the air conditioning units, I'm sorry, I was trying to need your question. Oh, no, yeah, yeah. So one other cross-emitted list of everything that was needed from environmental health to the city manager. It's just a way that contract was rated and stated and some of those things that we haven't really been able to fully partner and come into assist, right?
[55:26] So all those costs and analysis things that environmental health has requested, it's different, right?
[55:33] So it's different than public health and what type of kitchen it is that we have, right?
[55:37] So all of those questions, city manager where he has a list of what would be needed for us to be able to partner and assist with.
[55:47] Well, I will end with this for my comments.
[55:49] It is such a blessing to have you in our community and serving our seniors and everyone
[55:55] else you serve.
[55:57] I am hopeful that we will have a long and prosperous relationship and I am hoping that, you know,
[56:06] once these issues get resolved, that you'll be able to continue to do the work and grow
[56:13] what you've already started and I'm looking forward to that.
[56:17] Thank you.
[56:17] Thank you for having us in your city.
[56:19] And I just want to say public, I tell my seniors all the time.
[56:22] I absolutely love you guys.
[56:27] And I cannot go without my right-hand girl right here.
[56:31] Miss T-Fa, and when I'm not there, T-Fa is there five days
[56:38] a week, volunteering, making sure they have.
[56:42] She's sending me notes.
[56:43] She was like, did you get this presentation together?
[56:46] We've got to do this this morning.
[56:47] Oh, and for the record, our first trip is to Yamavas September 16th.
[56:54] Drowfot, did you get the solid dressings?
[56:57] Yes.
[56:57] Thank you.
[56:57] Thank you for the donation.
[56:59] So I thank you guys for allowing us to come up and speak.
[57:02] We have a few more.
[57:04] Okay, go ahead.
[57:04] Go ahead.
[57:05] Well, we were on our campaign show.
[57:08] We met with a lot of the seniors.
[57:09] A lot of them aren't really in here that we met with.
[57:13] But one of the commitments was to build and bring a senior center to them.
[57:17] And I was talking to the mayor at the time and I'm like, it's got to be nice, man, like, because if I can't bring my grandpa or my dad
[57:26] And be like, check it out, you know, and I don't want it. I don't want it. I rather not have nothing until we have something
[57:32] And what you brought was more than something, right? And I appreciate you. My dad sends me photos. He lives in Arizona. He sends me photos of his
[57:40] Little senior centers, little whatever it is over there, you know?
[57:43] And then I sent him photos of when I've had meals there.
[57:47] I'm like, this is what we get over here, bro.
[57:48] And he's like, I mean, you need to check it out.
[57:50] So when he comes in, I'm definitely
[57:52] going to bring more just to rub it in.
[57:53] You know, you shouldn't have moved to Arizona, you know.
[57:57] But that's all proud I am of what this is.
[57:59] So, you know, but that's from the outside.
[58:00] Now we hear what's going on in the inside.
[58:02] We got to work together and figure this out.
[58:04] So we're going to do as much as we can as a diast for the city.
[58:07] And then I know I already can see some of the wills
[58:09] turning on us personally on what we can do to start making
[58:13] some of our contacts. But I want to look right at the camera and challenge our
[58:17] residents in Adelaide. So we have an HVAC guy here in the city. We have a
[58:21] refrigerator guy that works here within the city. Where are you at? Come please
[58:25] help. The seniors show that you're a resident of the city and come donate your
[58:30] time and just come take a look of what we got going on. So if you're an HVAC guy, a
[58:35] hood guy, a refrigerator guy, or woman, please come out to the senior center and
[58:40] And donate a little bit of time and effort just to keep these seniors going in the senior center, and that's all I have there
[58:47] MPT
[58:49] Thank you Mr. Mayor. I don't have any questions. I do have some comments and you're right councilman Mesa. We will
[58:55] With the amount of resources and knowledge and with the city manager, you know back here
[59:01] It'll it'll get figured out right and our seniors do deserve better always seniors and our kids
[59:06] Thank you. Thank you guys for being
[59:10] an organization that is doing what you said you were going to do, right?
[59:14] Because we've seen our share of organizations coming to the city
[59:16] and promise us the world and they give us absolutely nothing, right?
[59:22] So thank you for stepping up and being that model organization.
[59:27] Take a turn around for a second and take a look, right?
[59:31] Take that in.
[59:32] Yeah.
[59:36] My dad's 88 years old and there's one thing that I know about seniors is
[59:40] they only show up to places where they want to show up to and
[59:44] know it right so for you to get these seniors out here it just speaks
[59:48] volumes on what you guys are doing senior centers and you know I visit a
[59:53] lot of them in Fontana shout-outs Aquila Mayor Warren who's doing an amazing
[59:57] job with her senior centers down there
[1:00:01] They keep our seniors living longer, right? My dad has made that comment to me as I wouldn't be alive right now if I didn't have 20 years of going to the senior centers in Fontana, right? So thank you guys. It's not just a place where people come and eat and play games and hang out, right? It's somewhere where they can come and they can live a little bit longer. So it means a lot. Again, thank you guys for what you guys are doing. If this guy is involved in anything, we know it's going to work. So thanks again.
[1:00:27] So Council, it was it was it was hard to get them to come and share, right, some of the hurdles that they were, but they were taken on because the first thing that they said was what we said we'll take it as is and they didn't want to fuss and they didn't want to make mention of this one out and that one out and that one out, but it was just one day where my wife ended up going to the senior center and she was able to talk to you know to Darrell to go lead to and to some of the seniors.
[1:00:55] and they start sharing with her the cheese man, like, you know, oh, this happened, the gossip.
[1:01:01] Not the gossip, but like the day-to-day is what you guys are encountering, and I go back to my phone,
[1:01:07] and I looked up, this has been something she's been making mention of since March, April,
[1:01:14] but she didn't want to make it seem like it was going to stop them from filling the mission,
[1:01:19] Then taking on all the cost for the last eight months, six months, you know, it's where we're grateful, right, but also at the same time there has to be an equal exchange.
[1:01:30] And, and I thank you guys for really championing it financially, because I know that's never easy with everything else that you guys are doing.
[1:01:37] Food going away. And this, then the third, you know, it has to be a lot when you're the one that's paying for it.
[1:01:46] Right? Like she said, there's no grants that she's getting for this.
[1:01:48] She's not getting help from the county.
[1:01:50] She's not getting help from public aid.
[1:01:52] Like if this is something that they've picked up all on the wrong.
[1:01:55] So I thank you for sharing that vulnerability of what it is because it is that love
[1:02:00] that you have for the seniors, for your seniors, right?
[1:02:03] That you're stepping outside of your comfort zone and being like, hey, look at city.
[1:02:06] We're happy we're going to keep on doing it.
[1:02:09] But we're not asking for a hand out, you know what I mean?
[1:02:13] We're just asking for a hand up.
[1:02:14] This allows us to put us in a position to survive and to keep this going, you know, so I just thank you guys.
[1:02:21] I was able to spend about a good month and a half, two or three times a week going in, taking my mom and, you know, eating the meals and I heard people coming in from Apple Valley, from his
[1:02:34] this area and honestly the food at our senior center is the talk of the region.
[1:02:39] So great job for all the love that you put into that and the care that you do for our community.
[1:02:45] City manager, I know you could figure this out.
[1:02:52] What recommendation or what action plan do you recommend that we take with this?
[1:02:58] Sure, thank you, Mayor Reyes, members of the council, and thank you for all the continued
[1:03:03] support that you provide to our amazing seniors and some of them who are here with us today.
[1:03:08] You do not go unrecognized, so thank you for taking also the time to be here with us today.
[1:03:13] Mr. Mayor and members of the council, I think let's brief history.
[1:03:19] I don't think molding hearts knew what they were getting themselves into and there was
[1:03:23] a reason why the senior center was shut down for quite some time.
[1:03:25] the mayor thought it was very, the mayor and the council thought at the time was pretty
[1:03:29] on that substandard at the time, right? And you were very adamant, very motivated and
[1:03:38] the mayor was also anxious to open up the senior center. And so when we signed that agreement
[1:03:43] we signed it as an as-is condition if you recall. At the same time though, with that said,
[1:03:48] We were in a different place back then where we had no type of funding, any kind of set
[1:03:55] aside funds at the time.
[1:03:58] But thankfully, thanks to our staff, our dedicated staff, our finance department, our auditors
[1:04:04] who are here with us are amazing.
[1:04:07] Thank you, Dr. Canon, for taking the time to join us today.
[1:04:09] Appreciate that, who is also our previous city treasure.
[1:04:13] Dr. Kane on hat the opportunity to take a look under our financial hood and take a look
[1:04:18] at our books as a city treasurer at the time and he was able to not only identify cost savings
[1:04:27] and assisting the city in reducing cost, reducing redundancies where we were double paying bills
[1:04:34] when we could have all consolidated into one and identified cost savings there and all of that has
[1:04:40] added up. In addition to that, Dr. Canon has also been able to be successful in securing
[1:04:48] community benefits for our city. I won't at this moment talk about those amounts, but
[1:04:55] I can assure you that we now have with the direction
[1:05:00] Mayor Reyes and this council, we now have those funding resources to help you or help rehabilitate
[1:05:08] the community center by replacing all of the outdated appliances, okay, because those
[1:05:14] appliances have been there since its inception. So there's no reason to continue to fix
[1:05:21] what's broken and it's just money not well spent. So with the council's direction, I would
[1:05:28] You like to replace all of the appliances,
[1:05:37] replace the HVACs, plural, more than one, air conditioning
[1:05:42] unit and the systems, reimburse you for the expenses you have made, and Dr. Kanna and
[1:05:53] I will get together and find out where we're going to pull these funds, which are available
[1:05:57] now.
[1:05:58] Again, at the time they were not available, you didn't know what you were getting yourself
[1:06:02] into.
[1:06:02] We try to warn you, you were too persistent, too motivated, but you're here, we're here today.
[1:06:11] And again, under Mayor Reyes's leadership in this amazing City Council,
[1:06:15] we will be able to pull this off together.
[1:06:19] Thank you.
[1:06:20] And Todd, I do have a question for you, just for the sake of transparency, right?
[1:06:28] right.
[1:06:32] My mom does actively go to the senior center. She is a member of the senior center.
[1:06:37] And I will never deny or hide my relationship with my brother right here at Galiwadu.
[1:06:43] There is no benefit to me. There is no financial. There is nothing. Mayor Reyes, Gabel Reyes,
[1:06:49] my household. We don't get anything from any of this. But again, for transparency sakes,
[1:06:54] America, the nigh, a person who I do life, people who I do life with, right?
[1:06:59] With this coming to be a pretty big financial vote, money-wise, do you recommend that
[1:07:08] I recuse myself, or would it be a problem in me voting on it?
[1:07:12] So legally you have no conflict of interest?
[1:07:15] Zero.
[1:07:16] Zero, you have no financial interest, so it is not a legal problem.
[1:07:19] If you want to for perception purposes, recuse yourself, you're always allowed to that's your decision
[1:07:26] It's not legally required. Okay, unless now does your mom still claim you as a tax deduction?
[1:07:35] Well good
[1:07:36] Well, that's a different issue. She only claims you when she only claims you when her friends are happy me being there
[1:07:45] Well, I'm a lawyer not a priest
[1:07:47] So I can't deal with that, but so you're good.
[1:07:50] Okay, and then it's just a reason, right?
[1:07:52] You know, in us growing and doing these things and the willingness, you know what I mean?
[1:07:59] I'm like, no, I got the people.
[1:08:00] I know the people who really, it was just like cool as running, you know, but now here
[1:08:05] and then we're going to make a substantial investment.
[1:08:07] You know, we have a couple gapflies, we got a couple haters, you know, I always want to be,
[1:08:11] I always want to be transparent in it.
[1:08:14] I'm never going to hide relationships, right?
[1:08:16] So, um, and especially with, you know, campaign season coming in here.
[1:08:21] I just want to throw this out there that they held the line for us, right?
[1:08:27] They held the line down.
[1:08:27] And what I mean by that is they took a chance for our residents, giving us enough time.
[1:08:33] This, this council right here to make, to prove you right.
[1:08:37] We always talk about, I'm not proving anybody wrong.
[1:08:39] I'm proving everybody right who voted for us.
[1:08:42] And this, this council has stuck together and seniors was the top priority
[1:08:45] because you're our seniors, right? And they took a chance on us to say we're
[1:08:49] not going to let them down. They held the line to say, we'll hold it as far as
[1:08:52] you guys can, but get your stuff together. And you can see we got it together,
[1:08:56] right? So this is a big team effort, big win for Adelanto,
[1:09:00] and all of our seniors and all of our residents.
[1:09:05] Thank you, I just want to add that Dr. Canon is already reaching out to
[1:09:10] I-E-H-P, I-E-H-P, excuse me.
[1:09:14] And I send Manuel who has a really good relationship
[1:09:17] with the board members of both agencies.
[1:09:19] I send Manuel Casino, as well as I-E-H-P's,
[1:09:22] to bring additional resources to the senior center.
[1:09:26] Thank you, Dr. Cana.
[1:09:27] Thank you, Dr. Cana.
[1:09:29] I'm just a real quick mayor, council,
[1:09:32] city manager, everyone.
[1:09:34] I just came in support of my sister for those
[1:09:35] who don't know the history.
[1:09:36] this is my older sister I was trying to get her and my older brother up here
[1:09:42] back when I was coaching at Adolante High School they came and supported and
[1:09:47] they fed our team for free several times they were part of the whole mission
[1:09:53] that we were on and it's just amazing to see them how it all comes back full
[1:09:58] circle.
[1:10:00] Just recently retired from the Los Angeles Rams in March to come back here to the high desert where I now reside again, have property still here, and to be a part of the mode and heart staff, and back in the presence of all of you guys against the Von I seen you in many years. This is just really feels good, and I didn't come here to cry today, Mr. Ramos and Mayor, but you guys got me a little teary eyed, to be honest, and these seniors who we all love and have relationships,
[1:10:36] And I'm thankful for all of the flowers you guys gave me for what we did on the football field, but this is the same mission, same blueprint.
[1:10:45] It was rough at the beginning.
[1:10:47] We're not quitting.
[1:10:48] I asked for help at the coaching.
[1:10:50] This is asking for help here with the funding.
[1:10:53] You guys provided for the football.
[1:10:54] you guys are providing here today and I promise you I promise you and she is
[1:11:01] better in this space that I am in the football space and I'm just her
[1:11:07] assistant coach in this matter and this team we have back here is gonna be
[1:11:12] great so I just wanted to I wasn't gonna say nothing but it just touched me
[1:11:17] God is good thank you for the prayer at the very beginning Jesse Dr. K. I
[1:11:22] I believe that's what you said, his name was, man.
[1:11:24] God, thank you.
[1:11:26] From the bottom of my heart, thank you guys.
[1:11:27] And it's only the beginning.
[1:11:28] This is something we are invested in.
[1:11:32] We're going to go hard, and we're
[1:11:33] going to go hard for the seniors and for the city of Adelaide
[1:11:37] Toll.
[1:11:37] So I hope that the work that we do makes the line
[1:11:40] shine bright on all of you guys, because we can't do it
[1:11:43] without you guys.
[1:11:44] It's a full team effort.
[1:11:45] So from the bottom of my heart, thank you guys again.
[1:11:48] OK.
[1:11:48] Thank you.
[1:11:55] The full circle isn't complete yet.
[1:11:57] Wadu, you know what I mean? We need, you know, we, we need another, all right?
[1:12:02] That's full circle.
[1:12:04] All right, here at 12-12, we're gonna go ahead and open up public comments.
[1:12:07] Members of the audience are online who like to adjust to council on non-agentized items.
[1:12:13] Feel free to grab a yellow speaker card, fill it out, or bring it down here to Brenda.
[1:12:17] But we're gonna open up public comment here at 12-12.
[1:12:24] The senior off the lunch.
[1:12:27] Good lunch.
[1:12:28] Go to lunch.
[1:12:35] We have one comment that we have
[1:12:47] Yeah, I want to thank the Council and everybody this
[1:12:55] Senior Center when it opened it made a new life for me
[1:13:02] Like just had you know what sorry sir, we're gonna just take a quick little five minute recess let everybody
[1:13:07] ready. Oh, okay. Situated and then we'll open the public comment. Let's come back. What the 20.
[1:13:13] Right. You can wait. You'll wait. Yeah. You can wait a few minutes. Yeah. We'll just take a quick little five minute recess.
[1:15:55] All these are low. I don't know. Do they just stay on?
[1:16:01] So they are. So they are. So they are
[1:16:02] No, so you know for next time
[1:16:04] That one's on so yeah, so these are
[1:16:13] Anything we have better okay, do you clean these because they put these in their ear do you have like the okay
[1:16:20] So we got to get maybe some wipes and we can clean them
[1:16:27] Thank you
[1:16:40] I'm not sure what all it's going to do, but I guess I'm going to get served on the
[1:16:44] use of the food and purchase in the spot for all of that.
[1:16:47] We'll just say, I'm not going to trust you.
[1:16:50] Yes.
[1:16:52] Thanks for building it for us.
[1:16:53] Okay, good.
[1:16:54] We're going to have to get back on that.
[1:16:56] Got it.
[1:16:57] I like that.
[1:17:16] I don't want to say any of the things that I don't wish to do, but I have, which is a
[1:17:54] I have to do.
[1:17:58] If I leave a tool for extra
[1:18:00] you can add this.
[1:18:01] So this is.
[1:18:03] Oh, oh.
[1:18:06] Oh.
[1:18:08] Yes.
[1:18:09] Yes.
[1:18:10] Yes.
[1:18:10] Yes.
[1:18:11] Yes.
[1:18:12] Yes.
[1:18:13] Yes.
[1:18:17] Yes.
[1:18:24] Yes.
[1:18:25] story I'll buy yeah yeah yeah is
[1:18:39] this your friend said it's famous famous you said you want
[1:18:46] to comedy show and they all know her yeah have I met her she could get your house one time yeah yeah yeah
[1:19:36] We're going ahead and get started here again at 1220. Open the public comment.
[1:19:39] Mayor, before we go with public comment, can I just make a quick statement, please, sir?
[1:19:44] For the record, if we can add the proper language to the contract, whether it's purchase, or whatever telling us it's a U-question, whatever language needs to be added to move.
[1:19:54] The items on the contained calendar, see if guys can hold it.
[1:19:57] Yeah, guys, we're gonna follow it.
[1:19:58] Okay, we are going to have someone say I'm going to follow it.
[1:20:00] David, come on up.
[1:20:14] Thank you for having me. Yeah, I've been coming to Senior Center. I wanted to just open and I just want to thank you guys for having that Senior Center for us. And I just recently had the hip replacement. And basically, being at the Senior Center has helped me a lot. Basically, we have all the people in
[1:20:41] you know, in line that do the exercise programs and stuff like that.
[1:20:47] So basically, I have been able to do my exercise at home.
[1:20:52] So basically, when I come to the senior center, I'm using that program.
[1:20:58] And basically, I can actually stand on my feet.
[1:21:02] Let's go.
[1:21:03] It's only been.
[1:21:05] It's only been.
[1:21:06] It's only been a month.
[1:21:07] Nice.
[1:21:08] that since the surgery, but what the ladies and the people I've been doing, you know,
[1:21:19] the exercise programs and stuff like that.
[1:21:21] So you know, that's why I wanted to be sure that this program is very important, and there's
[1:21:31] a lot of, a lot of them that were here do that same exercise program and without the exercise
[1:21:39] program, we'd probably be rotten or the leg wouldn't be getting better.
[1:21:44] So I just wanted to praise you guys, praise all the people in their positions that, you
[1:21:52] know, between the food, the exercise program, the games that we're playing in interaction.
[1:21:59] The interaction is, even though we have the center there, there is text that we text each other.
[1:22:12] So you know the community, that's how it's so important.
[1:22:17] This community is hard to heart.
[1:22:21] And that's why I just can't tell you enough about it.
[1:22:24] You know, I have Brian as a friend, I have Dave as a friend that is evaluating all these
[1:22:33] different people that are in places that we can go to for, you know, I'm having a bad
[1:22:41] day and situations are happening, you know, I'm really down on this and that, basically.
[1:22:47] We have access to even more than what you guys think of.
[1:22:53] We have interaction with all the people that are working in the program.
[1:22:59] And so I just wanted to thank you guys, there's not enough.
[1:23:02] Thanks that I can even give to you guys between the food and all that.
[1:23:10] Yeah, so I just wanted to praise the program.
[1:23:15] I don't know how to add a lot to this by home, no matter what the situation goes.
[1:23:22] You know, that's where I'll stay.
[1:23:25] I just wanted to thank you.
[1:23:26] The greatest city I've ever lived in.
[1:23:29] Awesome.
[1:23:30] Okay, and I can tell you that.
[1:23:34] Thank you guys.
[1:23:35] Thank you.
[1:23:36] Thank you so much.
[1:23:38] Ms. Ronda.
[1:23:50] The city manager while she's coming up.
[1:23:52] I heard he said his name was David.
[1:23:53] Mayor.
[1:23:53] I heard him say he's going to walk to the senior center.
[1:23:56] Is there a staff member that can at least walk with him over?
[1:24:00] I know.
[1:24:01] Look what Todd is here.
[1:24:02] I'm like, what the hell?
[1:24:03] But thank you.
[1:24:05] Thank you.
[1:24:06] Thank you.
[1:24:08] Thank you.
[1:24:13] All right.
[1:24:14] Good afternoon.
[1:24:16] Council.
[1:24:17] All of you guys.
[1:24:20] I'm just standing here just to get some kudos and praise to you guys.
[1:24:26] I've been a resident of the high desert for 21 years.
[1:24:30] We moved here in 2004 and from South Central LA.
[1:24:35] So I've born and raised down in the hood.
[1:24:41] But honestly, when I came up to the high desert, I had a stipulation about Adelanto.
[1:24:48] So, I, you know, at Atlanta was not the greatest place, it was, you know, so I had this stipulation
[1:24:56] or I had this vision in my head that, and-
[1:25:00] And I even said, I will never live in Atlanta. Six years ago, me and my husband moved to Adolanto.
[1:25:08] And it was, yes, and it really was from a vision that God had given me when we were looking
[1:25:19] for a house, and the Lord woke me up in the middle of the night, and when we put an offer
[1:25:26] on our house here in Adolanto and he said I need you to go to Nineveh. If anybody knows
[1:25:31] the story of Jonah and Jonah was told to go to Nineveh and preach to the people in Nineveh
[1:25:37] and he was like I'm not going there. He ended up going somewhere else and where did the
[1:25:43] whales fit him up? Nineveh. So when the Lord came to me and said I need you to go to Nineveh,
[1:25:49] I have worked for you to do there. I knew exactly what he meant. I knew he meant Adolanto.
[1:25:57] So I knew we meant Adolanto and so that's why I'm here and so ever since we've been here,
[1:26:03] my husband and I have you know we say well since we're here in Adolanto we're going
[1:26:07] to make this our city and we're going to do everything that we can to be a part of
[1:26:12] the city.
[1:26:13] All of the things that I've heard about the council and the mayor's in the past coming
[1:26:18] here and just watching you guys all work and work together to build this city has been
[1:26:24] so inspirational for me so I'm so proud of this city. I'm so proud of you guys and I'm
[1:26:33] so proud of the work that has been the okay I'm not supposed to get emotional but I'm so proud
[1:26:41] of this city, I tell everybody, I proudly say, I live in Atlanta, I'm from
[1:26:47] Atlanta, so I just thank you. I just wanted to, I just wanted to just come
[1:26:57] and just give you guys my gratitude and my thanks for making Nineveh a place
[1:27:02] for me and my family to be able to thrive and to just be proud of. I'm the work
[1:27:09] that you guys are doing and I go back and I try and get people to come to the council meetings all
[1:27:14] the time and come to all of the things that we have going on and I share things with people and
[1:27:19] I'm like you got to come to the meetings so that you know what's going on and why and people are
[1:27:26] been talking about the corridor to 395 and why we aren't building. I was like if you came to the
[1:27:30] meetings you know why but so I just want to give you guys your props. I know being on a council
[1:27:37] So being in politics that you get a lot of naysayers, you get a lot of haters, and you
[1:27:43] don't get your flowers as much as you deserve.
[1:27:46] And I'm here to give you guys your flowers, each and every one of you, because you all
[1:27:50] deserve it.
[1:27:51] So just keep up the good work, and no matter what anyone else said, just know the dentist
[1:27:57] household loves you guys, every single one of you.
[1:28:00] So that's all I wanted to say.
[1:28:02] Thank you.
[1:28:07] Is there anyone on my phone?
[1:28:10] We're going to go ahead and close up the comment here at 1228 and move on with our consent calendar items in a consent calendar considered routine in nature and non-controversial and they require no further discussion by the council.
[1:28:23] They can be acted upon in one motion unless we got some items to pull.
[1:28:28] Thank you, sir. I felt like that was directed at me.
[1:28:31] I heard your voice come this way. I'd like to pull item three and seven, please.
[1:28:37] Three and seven? Any other items?
[1:28:42] Oh, it comes one over here. No? Mesa? No? I'm good.
[1:28:46] And then I'll pull five, because it comes one in Evans, port three. I was in port three, too.
[1:28:55] All righty. We'll go ahead and we'll just do it now instead of waiting to the end.
[1:28:59] We'll just handle your two and then we'll do thank you. We'll just go on order. So number three. Yep, so number three
[1:29:06] I have a few questions and mayor pro Tim kind of touched on them already
[1:29:10] when it comes to
[1:29:15] The contract and the the verbiage of the contract, right? If we look at
[1:29:21] The report
[1:29:24] Here we go again with the
[1:29:26] 84
[1:29:26] 84 yeah 82 actually so if we're looking at the report right it says in here under
[1:29:34] the least terms and for some reason it's blacked out like I try to redact my own stuff
[1:29:38] I don't know what's happening here. Mutual agreement.
[1:29:46] Mutual agreement multi-harsh
[1:29:48] will have no obligation to pay rent for the term right but if we go down to I'm sorry
[1:29:56] Yep.
[1:29:57] If you go down to the payments...
[1:30:00] In the actual amended contract, it lists that their rent will be $1500 a month. So, I don't know which is the plan, but the contracts with they'll sign. So if the intent is for them to not pay rent, then we need to amend that and the council needs to agree on that and then change it in the contract before it's signed. In addition to that, as Mayor Bruton mentioned, it says that their response, it still says that they're responsible, which I think is from the original contract.
[1:30:28] The amendment, if what City Manager just reported out, is what we are to do, then the contract needs to be amended to reflect what we will and will not be purchasing and or paying for, what will belong to the city and the facility not to the organization so the kind of it's really basically clean up language for me in the in the contract.
[1:30:51] But last thing there is, there's somewhere in the contract that states they cannot do other events, right?
[1:31:00] They can't sublease, they can't host other events.
[1:31:04] I am in agreements that there should not be activities, I don't know how we word this in a way that still allows them because I witness,
[1:31:14] and I'm sure others have, them doing the lunch program for the summer, which I don't have an issue with them doing out of that building.
[1:31:20] I do however take issue with it being rented out for especially events like we have listed the city can still do that on the weekends
[1:31:26] I don't think that they should be allowed to do that
[1:31:30] So I don't know where where y'all sit with that, but that's some more language. I think these to be cleaned up in the contract
[1:31:36] Because right now it says no extra events. So nothing that does not provide for seniors or vets doing the school lunch program
[1:31:42] Is in a senior or a vet program, right? So however y'all
[1:31:47] see fit in those
[1:31:49] I mean, I would ask, I agree with that, maybe it's something that can be left to city
[1:31:55] managers' discretion on what is determined to be allowed there, because at that point
[1:32:03] you take the responsibility.
[1:32:09] Respectfully, and not that I don't trust city manager to do what he needs to do, the contract
[1:32:13] needs to reflect so that when those naysayers come, the contract, so when I show up and I say
[1:32:18] Well, it says vets and seniors and you're feeding 300 students how dare you there's there's no backup for that for us because legally we have sign that they are only to do these things right so maybe we again find some
[1:32:34] verbiage that can add the student component. I would open it up even more just because it could be Valentine's Day on a Saturday and they want to have a Valentine's dinner or whatever kind of event they want or even
[1:32:46] how host something to raise money on a weekend. So I don't know why why we would limit them. I would
[1:32:54] open it up a little bit, as long as they're not leasing it to somebody else to do something.
[1:33:00] Yeah, you can do a Kingston out of there and take the funds from that weekend, but they can't,
[1:33:05] right? But I'm open for them to use it as much as they can to raise money for themselves as
[1:33:09] too. I don't want to. Yeah, for fundraising purposes on a weekend. So that's kind of what I was looking
[1:33:15] that with this and I also saw it says under repairs and equipment the city
[1:33:19] shall be responsible for repairs upgrades and equipment so I don't know yeah that's
[1:33:24] what it says in the report but if you read in the actual agreement yeah yeah it
[1:33:28] doesn't correct yeah yep so we can get that same verbiage and I would still open
[1:33:33] it up further like I said for them to be able to do something on the weekend to
[1:33:37] raise money so I feel yeah but how do we justify or how do we how do we
[1:33:43] separates. This is a fundraiser. I'm having a gala. I'm doing a valentines event on Saturday
[1:33:49] and I'm host. I'm allowing other organizations to come in and do their events in my space.
[1:33:56] Well, maybe the way that we do it is it always has to be a molding hearts event. Like
[1:34:02] if a molding hearts does a turkey drive or a factor school day, right? The whatever event happens
[1:34:12] on a fundraising aspect or even an aspect like molding heart isn't going to go and do a bunch of kids get us right that we we know that's
[1:34:20] Trying to blur a line, right, but like let's say the molding heart is doing a
[1:34:28] Gala right it's under the molding heart's brand so then that way it's not being
[1:34:34] sublies to
[1:34:41] You know
[1:34:42] ABC incorporated to throw a line dancing event like you and I'm saying or a bingo event like those type of things
[1:34:48] Like in that aspect. There has to be
[1:34:51] molding hearts has to be the entity that is
[1:34:56] hosting and doing
[1:34:57] Everything right it can't be a
[1:35:00] Okay, they're partnering with. Right, I just let my logo on the flyer. Right, it's a molding hearts. They're doing it all, right?
[1:35:09] Regulates that you seem to say now that it just how much work I would throw in. I mean, I'm sitting here thinking and all of this sounds good, but let's not lose focus of what this building is for and senior center. Right, it's senior center for our seniors. And I would say, for time's sake, and for everybody's sake, draft up the agreement to focus.
[1:35:29] just on the seniors right now, and then in a later date, a year from now or six months from now when we've finally got everything going and flowing, then maybe come back with some additional verbiage and rewrite the contract, but if we say here we start getting into all this ABCDE like it's now shifting from what this thing was supposed to be and what it's for, and I think it'd be easier if we just for right now, just focus on taking care of our seniors, taking care of only hearts, and then in a later date,
[1:35:59] that we can add on amendment or something.
[1:36:02] Okay, just lock this in.
[1:36:04] Good.
[1:36:05] I think that including the verbiage that they can use the building to fundraise for their
[1:36:09] own efforts, I think that's a way we can support their current business.
[1:36:13] So if they wanted to host, not that they would, I don't foresee them doing that, but if they
[1:36:17] had an idea or if they had something, especially during the holidays or when people are more
[1:36:21] giving, if they wanted to host their own fundraising event, I don't think that we should tie their
[1:36:26] hands and not allow them to.
[1:36:28] So I think that that verb which needs to be in there and to councilwoman Evans as she said
[1:36:34] They were out there, you know, they did do those meals and I think that
[1:36:39] Not having to come back and get that right paperwork to say that they can do that
[1:36:44] I mean we can focus on I mean the language is there but adding in a snippet about them being able to do
[1:36:50] Other events without saying what those events are specifically to you know like as long as they are within the parameters of whatever
[1:36:57] However, right, they should be able to do those things because I will tell you right now within our own community several students because they did not have any other meal programs that there was one actually, but there were very few is the point and we have many students.
[1:37:13] And so for them to be able to do that was a huge blessing and I would hate for them to be unable to do it because we could have just settled it right now.
[1:37:24] I like where you're going at it with MPT in regards to not getting away that this is the senior center, right?
[1:37:32] And we understand the fundraising purposes, I think that's very, and they're professionals, right?
[1:37:38] So they're not going to try to blur bleed or lose the facility on blurring the fundraising aspect.
[1:37:46] What I would say is if they do try to do something outside of the scope of work, right?
[1:37:52] they got to get staff approval, like if they're trying to do a gala, right, or if they're trying to do a fish fry or like bingo nights every Friday, something like that sort, like that should be a staff approval and the staff doesn't approve of that directly, then it's special event falls under that, right?
[1:38:12] Mr. Mayor May I?
[1:38:14] Yes.
[1:38:15] Mr. Mayor I remember so the Council I just want to remind you all that going back to
[1:38:19] the weekends just as a reminder the idea was to make sure that the weekends were made
[1:38:29] available to the city right so the senior center would be open Monday through Friday then
[1:38:35] the senior center would automatically revert over to the city so that we the city can lease
[1:38:41] out the facilities for whatever purposes could be a birthday party,
[1:38:45] quinceigneta or whatever it may be. The proceeds of that rental would go to the 501
[1:38:50] CNOM profit at a long to benefit court. We would then use those dollars to
[1:38:56] what support our Christmas parade to movies in the park and we can go on and on,
[1:39:02] right? So just want to make sure we don't lose focus of making sure that we
[1:39:05] don't commit the the senior center on the weekends, right?
[1:39:09] So that way you can come down to a special event for me with staff approval.
[1:39:13] Yeah, so anything outside of their typical Monday through Friday.
[1:39:16] Exactly.
[1:39:16] The special event permit.
[1:39:17] Special event permit with staff approval.
[1:39:19] Yep.
[1:39:19] Then that's it.
[1:39:20] And then add the student some way that they can still serve the students.
[1:39:25] Yep.
[1:39:25] I'm for that.
[1:39:26] I'll second that.
[1:39:28] Mayor, so what I'm here and what I would propose is that the agreement would be modified to allow.
[1:39:35] not only their senior service, senior services, but anything for the general benefit of the community that would catch in the kids and then including fundraising specifically for their organization, right?
[1:39:48] Is that right?
[1:39:49] Is that too broad?
[1:39:51] Is that too broad?
[1:39:51] He said yes, he said general public, no, not general public.
[1:39:55] Yeah
[1:39:58] Yes
[1:40:16] And then in the last paragraph we added, because we weren't entirely sure what y'all were going to authorize. So in the last sentence, we added that the city's going to be responsible for the all equipment.
[1:40:29] repairs and maintenance, so it'll be purchase of the equipment, repairs and maintenance, and I was going to add at the end of that at the discretion of the city because I don't want them to argue you got to buy a viking super ultra 5000, right? It's going to be within the, yeah, the goals for the purchases that they're looking for and I didn't know this, so there's environmental health services and then there's public health and it's two different requirements and approvals.
[1:40:58] So our kitchen is public health but not environmental, right?
[1:41:04] So the purchases that they were seeking and asking for was to make it environmental
[1:41:10] permittable, right?
[1:41:11] So that may be a hundred pound ice maker that may be a whatever environmental health
[1:41:20] is requiring it to be permittable, I think is what it is at their seat.
[1:41:24] The harder permit?
[1:41:25] Yeah.
[1:41:26] What are the hard to put in there?
[1:41:27] Which just benefits us in the long run, right?
[1:41:29] Because heaven forbids for whatever reason they decided they don't do anymore.
[1:41:32] We're still equipped for whoever else wants to come in.
[1:41:34] So just making sure that that's stated and then that that those new
[1:41:39] requirements to whatever belong to the city, not to them.
[1:41:42] Yes.
[1:41:42] Because right now it says everything they would take with them when they leave.
[1:41:45] I agree with you.
[1:41:46] And let's just rest assured that we will bring that building into compliance number one and number two.
[1:41:51] If you allow us for reimbursement from Olding Hearts that would also do we need to add that into the content? No, not in the contract. It would just be council direction.
[1:42:02] Okay. Thank you.
[1:42:03] And then I was maybe Brenda. You know we have we did have his councilman pointed out says they paid 1500 a month. I think that was just a mistake. Right. We didn't we say they don't pay anything.
[1:42:13] We had been going back and forth on that.
[1:42:16] So, ultimately, it would be the council's decision at this time, you know, they just opened up in April, so we hadn't been collecting rent, because the contract expired in April, so that's why we're bringing it to them.
[1:42:30] Yeah, I can't remember. And then utilities, who do you want to pay utilities?
[1:42:34] I think utilities should be.
[1:42:36] Currently, we are paying water, and we say that they pay gas and electric.
[1:42:41] I think you're just there.
[1:42:42] You still like that?
[1:42:43] Okay, Mr. Mayor, I'd just like to make a comment again, please, sorry.
[1:42:48] No?
[1:42:49] Okay, thank you.
[1:42:52] I say we remain generously consistent with that of the community center.
[1:43:01] I don't think that this is just a statement and totally up to the council's discretion that I don't believe that the community center is paying rent.
[1:43:14] So that's where the whole consistency recommendation comes in.
[1:43:18] However, you decide.
[1:43:21] Thank you.
[1:43:22] I'm sorry.
[1:43:23] Do they pay the dollar a year, which I do agree is what it is?
[1:43:26] And then also the utilities are we cover the utilities?
[1:43:31] I'd have to look at that.
[1:43:32] Okay.
[1:43:32] If we are currently covering utilities, we should not.
[1:43:36] I think that's if we go going back to uniformity,
[1:43:39] the contract that I remember with the stadium was a dollar a year and they
[1:43:43] cover the utilities or whatever you know whatever the situation is so every
[1:43:46] everybody that's renting needs to be paying their own utility. Yeah so noted.
[1:43:51] Yeah. Good.
[1:43:57] I think that's that's most definitely fair. Thank you for Council
[1:44:01] for even considering the reimbursement aspect right because if you guys do want to
[1:44:06] know for free to call Angie and ask her what they've done and you'll be
[1:44:12] very grateful.
[1:44:14] I have a comment on this utility.
[1:44:16] So just in the last few months,
[1:44:21] their HVAC system wasn't working.
[1:44:24] And so if they were paying for
[1:44:26] those utilities, let's say electric,
[1:44:28] right, because they're trying to run
[1:44:30] the AC units and it's not working.
[1:44:33] And so they're getting billed.
[1:44:34] Or however that works.
[1:44:36] I just don't know if you have a building
[1:44:38] that you're paying for a service
[1:44:39] and the service isn't working, but you're still getting billed.
[1:44:42] I don't think that's a good idea, either.
[1:44:45] Just FYI, at this time, we haven't billed them at all.
[1:44:49] And I'll be the bad guy on this one.
[1:44:52] I think that they signed a contract to pay for everything, including their upgrades.
[1:44:56] We're now reimbursing them for their service call.
[1:45:04] I think that they can eat those. I think, hey, utilities is not a big 500 bucks maybe a month. I think they can manage.
[1:45:17] It also just keeps the integrity of the use of the building. It makes them a little bit responsible for how they're running it.
[1:45:24] Because if you tell me I don't have to pay for utilities, I'm not even turning the AC off.
[1:45:28] Well, they can't turn it on, so when the new one comes in, when the Viking 5,000 comes in, so they're responsible for paying all utilities.
[1:45:39] Yes, and that's for both.
[1:45:42] Yes.
[1:45:43] Water, yeah.
[1:45:44] Okay.
[1:45:45] Thank you.
[1:45:46] All right, I pulled item number five.
[1:45:48] I don't think we get a motion and approval.
[1:45:51] I'm motioned. I know. I'll second it.
[1:45:56] You've motioned it because we've pulled it. So I'm
[1:45:58] motioning it with the changes. Correct. Yes. With the changes discussed and do you have everything?
[1:46:02] I tried to write it. You think. I'll get everything. I don't know. All in favor? Aye.
[1:46:08] And then I pulled number five just as I was going through it. A lot of our receipts were from
[1:46:16] Home Depot in regards to cement, X, Y, Z, and other things.
[1:46:21] City manager, the only question I had for this was I remember that when we originally
[1:46:30] were exploring everything, the hydroponic 3000 container, right?
[1:46:40] that was just the cost
[1:46:46] to $250,000.
[1:46:48] We would have already had carrots.
[1:46:50] Yeah.
[1:46:51] $250,000 carrots.
[1:46:53] You would have had mulch right now.
[1:46:56] I know there's conversations with regards to fundraising,
[1:47:00] and raising some funds to kind of meet that.
[1:47:04] I know that it wasn't a lot of expenses.
[1:47:06] It was only $6,200, but what were we able to raise
[1:47:10] is for the community garden expenditures
[1:47:13] that when this original conversation started,
[1:47:16] we said that we're gonna be able to raise.
[1:47:18] I know we're talking about the $250,000.
[1:47:21] We're talking about we're able to raise $50,000.
[1:47:23] So I'll just kind of curious what was raised.
[1:47:25] Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor, for the question.
[1:47:27] Our entire fundraising effort shifted.
[1:47:34] We know longer we're gonna move forward
[1:47:36] with that 250,000 freight farm project, and moved in the direction of building our own community garden at the new park, which we have accomplished minus the beds.
[1:47:50] That came in at a cost, I believe, at about close to $6,000, but let's keep in mind also that Burntake played a role.
[1:47:58] the Councilwoman Emmett's approach to them and was able to secure something like $3,000
[1:48:05] I believe, maybe a little less, maybe a little more.
[1:48:10] In addition to that, the mulch, we were able to secure mulch forever indefinitely.
[1:48:18] But that's as far as we went.
[1:48:20] Am I hearing from you, Mr. Mayor, and the Council that you want us to pursue the firm?
[1:48:24] So I just remember when we talked about it, now I just remember when we originally talked about this one of the things that we were saying was that we didn't want this to have an impact in regards to like our funding, right?
[1:48:36] So the way it is right now is and the reason why I was asking was because it cost $6,219.98 and that came out of our benefit court, right?
[1:48:54] And that's why I'm asking them like if there is originally in the process of doing this community garden.
[1:49:01] It was said by multiple members of the council that they were going to fund raise money for this effort, right?
[1:49:08] So that's all I was just asking, seeing that there's $6,200 coming out of the benefit court.
[1:49:13] One, that wasn't something that we voted upon to come out of the benefit court, but it is what it is.
[1:49:18] And two, that's $6,200 less in our benefit court that we have to give away.
[1:49:23] and now we have another agenda as item.
[1:49:26] So I was just trying to see what was,
[1:49:29] and it's great that there was a donation,
[1:49:31] so let's call it $1,500, whatever it was.
[1:49:35] Yeah, I'm not going to answer.
[1:49:36] I'm sorry, go ahead, so I don't know.
[1:49:37] So that was just a clarity of it
[1:49:39] to see to offset this, right?
[1:49:41] It was $60 to $200.
[1:49:42] They came out of a benefit court
[1:49:44] from the members of the audience that were here.
[1:49:47] They were saying they were going to donate
[1:49:49] and the efforts made by members of the council to raise money.
[1:49:52] I was just trying to see what was that number so we can see what really is coming out of our benefit court.
[1:49:59] Sure, Mr. Mayor.
[1:50:00] I think also what I'm hearing is maybe we need to reimburse whatever offset that may be. So if we pulled, say, $5,000 out of the benefit corp and minus the thousand or whatever number that was from Burntech. So now we owe the benefit corp 5,000, we need to raise that. Is that what I'm hearing? No, no, it was just, there was just, there was conversations when we did all of this, whether it was, there was just fundraising conversations that money wasn't going to be raised for this community.
[1:50:30] I'm just trying to see what funds was raised towards this effort and offset what it was that was paid.
[1:50:38] So if we raised $3,000, cool, I want to say thank you such and such for the $500, the $1,500.
[1:50:47] Like I want to, in getting to where it is that we are, I also want to give thanks to the members that did donate to this effort.
[1:50:54] That's the only reason I'm asking to offset.
[1:50:56] Hey, it really was only a $3,000 right so I'll say I'll take the heat off you just you over there
[1:51:02] So it's a little bit. I think that I to be honest mayor. I don't know the total. Okay, that was brought in
[1:51:07] I know that for sure at least two donors be born Burtek being one and the Pinkerton's being the other
[1:51:13] Those did come in that I I played a role in getting those so I don't know what came in after that
[1:51:18] What I will say is that if there is a difference in
[1:51:22] and what was already spent and what we brought in,
[1:51:27] the rental fees will eat that up, right?
[1:51:30] So we are going to be charging for those beds.
[1:51:31] So it will balance back out if there is a difference.
[1:51:34] So we can definitely sit down with finance and mayor
[1:51:37] and city manager to figure out what that is.
[1:51:40] And then play the game as well.
[1:51:41] So shout out, Bertack, for always being a community partner
[1:51:44] and shout out the Pinkerton's for assisting
[1:51:47] in this community garden.
[1:51:49] Because it's going to be great, as we've seen the work,
[1:51:51] We're grateful for all of that, not making a fuss in that, but also this was an effort that we reached out to the community, so I wanted to thank you, you know, so outside of that, I'm good, no other comments. And then I don't know, number seven comes on that one tonight, oh, sorry, slow down a little bit.
[1:52:06] I like the renting out part. Are we renting out sections and saying it's the
[1:52:12] messa garden. It's the up to grow garden kind of the section. That's kind of
[1:52:16] cool. The only thing I would just be, she's donating seeds to talk about, there's
[1:52:23] only certain things that grow in our climate and everything. So just that we're
[1:52:27] not giving residents. Here's a pumpkin and it's never gonna grow or whatever it is.
[1:52:31] So there is some. Yeah, I know she's gonna just give me the head. So the vision isn't for us to give them anything, right?
[1:52:38] So anything that that new leaf donates will be in addition to yeah, the vision is take most liability off the city
[1:52:45] We're not providing gardening tools. We're not we're providing water and a plot. That's it
[1:52:51] So it's up to them to grow and or kill whatever they choose to do
[1:52:55] We were this that's not what's on the agenda today
[1:53:03] And then shout out to Newleaf for the seeds, if you're going to be donating.
[1:53:08] Awesome.
[1:53:10] Okay.
[1:53:11] I don't know.
[1:53:11] We get a motion on that one.
[1:53:13] All motion?
[1:53:14] All second.
[1:53:15] All in favor?
[1:53:16] Hi.
[1:53:19] For item seven, I want to first think Dr. K for sitting down before the meeting today.
[1:53:23] So a lot of my questions were answered there.
[1:53:26] But I did want to bring my concerns to the council just so if you can hear me.
[1:53:35] My hesitation, use that word, in this contract is simply the same that I shared with Dr. K.
[1:53:47] I don't like any organization that polices itself.
[1:53:53] I don't think that the councilor's police itself.
[1:53:55] I don't think that the city managers should police themselves.
[1:53:58] I don't think the police should police themselves.
[1:53:59] You all know, I'll speak on them all the time.
[1:54:01] I get in trouble from the big sheriff guy about speaking on them all the time about policing themselves, right?
[1:54:05] And so this contract to me on face value looks like we're bringing in an organization
[1:54:14] that's already here doing a form of economic development.
[1:54:18] What granted they have not touched on cannabis thus far.
[1:54:24] We're bringing in another part of that same organization to then run cannabis not only.
[1:54:29] let me scroll down. Not only are they going to be doing the economic development for cannabis,
[1:54:38] right? Marketing and bringing in the new leases. They're then going to be tasked with making
[1:54:44] sure those same people that they brought in are compliant.
[1:54:48] That gives me cause for concern.
[1:54:52] And only because of what was implied took place and some people have been convicted of what took
[1:54:59] please.
[1:55:00] Well, a long time ago, right? If we're not, if the same people, and I've said it before, so I'll just say it here publicly. I don't think I've ever said it publicly. I've said it to city manager. I've now said it to Dr. K. I'm pretty sure I've said it to at least two of you on this council. I never took issue with any economic and I do not take issue with any contracted economic developer taking money from wherever they get their money. As long as you bring the businesses in here, that's your job.
[1:55:30] That's what we pay you to do. If a business then pays you to find them a city, I don't have
[1:55:36] issue with that. You're a contractor.
[1:55:42] What should happen then? The economic developer
[1:55:44] brings in the business. Then the city has staff and or another contractor or whomever
[1:55:49] that then ensures that this business that comes in is running properly, is compliant, is paying
[1:55:54] their taxes, is building correctly all of those things. This contract reads to me that
[1:56:01] That one organization, one contractor, is going to do all of those things.
[1:56:08] And that, to me, is not safe.
[1:56:10] While I think that Dr. K is an upstanding person, he's never giving me a read.
[1:56:16] I don't have any, like, sometimes I'll be feeling something about people like, I don't
[1:56:18] know why I don't like that person, but something, right?
[1:56:21] I've never had that feeling with him.
[1:56:22] I feel like he's always been straightforward, even when we disagreed today, right?
[1:56:27] We were able to have that disagreement and move on, and life goes on.
[1:56:30] And I mean, if you want to go to where we going,
[1:56:32] Sizzlers later, I'm down, right?
[1:56:34] But like, it just doesn't sit well with me
[1:56:39] to have the people that are bringing in the,
[1:56:43] maybe because it's cannabis.
[1:56:44] Maybe it's the stigma of cannabis.
[1:56:46] Maybe that's, you know, where it starts.
[1:56:48] But it's already a complex, and then y'all have listed
[1:56:51] that they're the only people anywhere near us
[1:56:53] that can do the cool, they have the certification.
[1:56:56] question,
[1:56:58] it just doesn't seem like the safest thing to do in having then be the economic
[1:57:05] developer for cannabis and then then be the compliance for cannabis and then be the
[1:57:10] auditors for cannabis is just not a good look in my opinion.
[1:57:17] Question.
[1:57:18] Yes.
[1:57:19] Dr. Gill, this would be for you.
[1:57:21] So yes,
[1:57:26] this company is doing according to what Councilwoman Evans was saying, the auditing,
[1:57:33] the compliance, and so forth for the cannabis compliance.
[1:57:38] But at the end of the day, all of that is still being audited by that third party firm,
[1:57:44] correct?
[1:57:46] So, good morning. First of all, thank you. It's good afternoon. And thank you for assigning
[1:57:53] me with purchasing new albums for the Senior Centre. I do want to congratulate Taylor Swift
[1:58:04] for getting engaged.
[1:58:11] I want to start by saying that, you know, I recognize your concern.
[1:58:21] I got to tell you this effort on the cannabis side is one that kind of has been lingering
[1:58:31] honoring for a while the city has been trying, we had in house resources that have been trying
[1:58:37] to do that and so on. A couple of times we got, the city got reached out to by the Department
[1:58:42] of Cannabis Control because it wasn't, and I'm quoting a little bit the Wild West.
[1:58:50] Now
[1:58:50] within city code, what is described, is that there is a person that is called a cannabis
[1:58:59] administrator. The cannabis administrator within city code is none other than the
[1:59:05] director of finance of this city, okay? And so anything and everything that
[1:59:12] happens within cannabis and its auditing and all of the revenue collection and
[1:59:18] all of that falls at the department of finance. This contract assigns additional
[1:59:24] labor to help that individual. Now, similar to bringing in, let's say, a hotel to the
[1:59:34] city of Adelanto that would promise or to create a certain number of jobs that would
[1:59:40] promise to bring a certain amount of taxes to the city and so on and so forth, that economic
[1:59:47] development work should not stop the moment that the person is there. We need to continue
[1:59:52] need to make sure that that hotel created the jobs and delivered the taxes and delivered
[1:59:58] the community benefited.
[2:00:00] And that's what this scope is about.
[2:00:04] Any cash that gets collected, any revenue that gets collected, never touches the contractor, any delivery of reports all go through the finance department, and the city continues to be audited by the Poon Group, or whoever the third part of auditor is that this council ends up choosing, which we may have to choose one in the near future anyway.
[2:00:29] because every couple of years you need to switch it by law.
[2:00:33] And so I hope that answers the question.
[2:00:36] Yes, this contract essentially assigns additional resources
[2:00:41] to help the cannabis administrator.
[2:00:43] Anything gets audited by a third-party company, as always.
[2:00:48] And so the intent of this, it's really a project.
[2:00:51] We have, and I pulled it out a while and we were at the end.
[2:00:55] So let's see if it recognizes my face.
[2:00:56] I took some sun while I was walking to the center center, there was, I apologize, there
[2:01:03] are 782 permits that have been aggregated already, there are around 118 operators in
[2:01:13] the city, each operator averages around 2.5 permits, some have 4 permits, some have just
[2:01:19] a single permit in house, and all of that happens on an annual basis.
[2:01:24] is clearly a city that has 28 employees struggling to do that.
[2:01:28] But I understand you're concerned.
[2:01:30] And however, this needs to be divided,
[2:01:33] this, you know, I have no comments on it said
[2:01:35] at the Council's leisure.
[2:01:38] Thank you for that explanation.
[2:01:40] That was, this is my question.
[2:01:42] Is this, at the end of the day,
[2:01:44] the auditing and compliance is still being overseen
[2:01:48] and approved by the Pong Group?
[2:01:50] Yes, sir.
[2:01:51] Yeah, yeah.
[2:01:51] We have, the city has in house, what's called,
[2:01:54] In-house auditors which are currently rams, there's another company that is getting more involved now
[2:02:01] And then we have external auditors which is the Poon Group. So you met Gardinia and the Rams Group, and then there is the Poon Group
[2:02:07] So what this is going to be is this is going to be the quote-unquote auditors
[2:02:13] For the cannabis section of a just so we have rams or the other auditors do the rest of the city
[2:02:19] I think what we really get hung up on here is the word audit.
[2:02:23] It's really paperwork collection and storage that can be audited if needed, right?
[2:02:32] And so maybe the use of audit is what triggers at Councilwoman Evans, and maybe we should use
[2:02:38] a different word to spread that word.
[2:02:40] Audit's a great word for me.
[2:02:41] Okay, very good.
[2:02:41] Audit at all.
[2:02:42] Yes, ma'am.
[2:02:43] I think that good point, right?
[2:02:46] But if we're being real my understanding is that our cannabis audits are three years behind
[2:02:53] So it doesn't do us any I mean like that's great that some a third party is gonna audit it at some point
[2:02:59] But as we saw when we first came in and we got our first audit finally done is we're gonna write off three million dollars
[2:03:04] Like what do you mean write it off to what?
[2:03:07] Right so we we can that's great. It's wonderful that we have a third party auditor. That's awesome
[2:03:14] But at what point, and again, to our conversation earlier, I appreciate the fact that there's
[2:03:18] going to be reports coming back to us every month, just like a water report and the permit
[2:03:23] report and all of those reports, which is beneficial, right?
[2:03:27] It just, I mean, it just, I don't like the look of it, I don't like people policing themselves.
[2:03:37] I don't like any organization policing themselves.
[2:03:40] and outside of and so it's going to take them four years or however long it takes them to get to this year
[2:03:46] because we got three years to still catch up on before we can even look at what this new contractor is doing.
[2:03:52] You see what I'm saying? It's going to be a meme.
[2:03:55] He says no.
[2:03:56] The intent is that we catch up on historical audits which means saving all of the paperwork that is needed
[2:04:08] from every contractor within the next few months comes a woman.
[2:04:13] And then thereafter, it's ongoing compliance,
[2:04:17] it's support of the businesses.
[2:04:20] Look, the reality is that the cannabis department brings this city a lot of money, right?
[2:04:28] And we need that money in order to survive, if nothing else.
[2:04:33] The market is tough right now, and those operators are struggling.
[2:04:36] What we're seeing is that other municipalities are lowering their taxes and their fees in order to retain those operators.
[2:04:44] In the city of Long Beach, they were only able, they had to write off to your point, they had to write off something like two thirds of overdue fees.
[2:04:55] Because the cannabis operators just say, hey, you want to collect? I'm just closing. I'm walking.
[2:05:00] That's the marketplace that we have right now. We have a lot of illegal growth that the sheriff is fighting with. And so, I think if nothing else, there's a need to hand hold it. I will parallel, if I may, another department, which is our business license department outsourced to a company called HDL that does that all around the state. And they do all of the auditing and reporting for our business licenses.
[2:05:29] All of the outreach, all of the licensing, all of the balancing, just providing and
[2:05:35] month and report, and actually they collect the money, too, which in this case wouldn't
[2:05:39] happen.
[2:05:39] There's a separation of church and state here.
[2:05:42] And so here's another parallel of another company which are currently in place and are
[2:05:50] doing it very successfully.
[2:05:51] Awesome.
[2:05:52] Last question for me is how many other cities have you guys already started since you got
[2:05:55] your certificate?
[2:05:56] How many other cities have you guys started working with their cannabis department?
[2:05:59] We have two other cities that there's two other cities where that is in place but not
[2:06:06] to that degree.
[2:06:07] Okay.
[2:06:07] Thank you.
[2:06:08] And mainly because most cities don't have as many licensees as you have.
[2:06:13] It's kind of, it could be handled, but not to that degree.
[2:06:24] We got to change what we're doing right now, right, because we're three years behind.
[2:06:31] We need to invest in this team to get us caught up, just like our audits for everything
[2:06:35] else have been caught up in the last few years.
[2:06:39] And if they do something wrong, it's totally on them.
[2:06:43] There's no liability.
[2:06:44] So whatever shady people are out there here before or whatever this doesn't come back on our cities so much where it's our employees. It's someone else and I rather them
[2:06:56] Take the burden of that on and we'll pay them to take that burden on and get us out. It's done. So that's kind of how I read this contract is cool. Get it done
[2:07:06] And if you do something wrong, you're gonna get hammered, but I
[2:07:09] I see nothing wrong with this, and again, it's a cut in pace of what we're doing, and it's working everywhere else, so thank you.
[2:07:17] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[2:07:21] So I agree with a lot of what was said, and one thing that I do appreciate about this council is the honesty, right?
[2:07:31] That's not holding anything back. Let's put it out there on the table.
[2:07:35] Councilwoman Evans, there's two things that I feel that you said that I 100% agree with and is the reason why I'm going to lean and I'm okay with this.
[2:07:46] Absolutely right when you've said about the stigma. Right 100% there's a stigma when it comes to like that cannabis realm.
[2:07:53] I feel we've been doing an amazing job at erasing that stigma with the steps that we've been taking.
[2:07:58] And I know for a fact that previous administration served for
[2:08:03] what maybe two and a half, three years before they went away very quickly.
[2:08:07] And we all know where they went away to.
[2:08:12] The City of Alonanto has been under amazing leadership since 2018.
[2:08:16] And has been on nothing but an uptrend.
[2:08:20] Whatever's being done, whatever moves are being made behind closed doors,
[2:08:25] in front of the closed doors, it's working, right?
[2:08:29] It's working the people that city manager that you're choosing to bring in whether it's you know through the direction of the council or not
[2:08:41] It's working, man. You're choosing the right people that really excuse my language give a damn about our city and want to see our city succeed
[2:08:52] Especially when you're taking consideration what we've been through and the the crap that was
[2:08:57] is the plate of crap that was handed over to this council back in 2018.
[2:09:04] Then you also mentioned which I'm leaning more on is the feeling that you get about
[2:09:10] certain people, right?
[2:09:11] Until today, Dr. Gill has not given you a reason to distrust, and that's huge because we've
[2:09:19] been colleagues and friends for a long time, and I know you've met people within a day
[2:09:23] And you've been, and you've been right, you know, for that reason alone,
[2:09:32] I want to give you this, I want to continue to give you the trust because you haven't done anything, and he's been on board with us what three years now.
[2:09:41] I don't know exactly more, you know, it feels like a long time, but you have not given me any reason to not believe you with handing over my baby.
[2:09:54] Right? Handing you my baby and taking care of it. So, I trust in you.
[2:10:00] I trust that you will continue to make the moves of integrity, right? If you decide to do some dirty, you're going to jail. I'm not going to jail, right time.
[2:10:13] Yeah, I have no comment.
[2:10:20] You're already invested and you got skin in the game when it comes to the city of Adelante, right? You know what needs to be done. You've been in the books, you've been in the numbers, you've been in everything, right?
[2:10:31] I'm going to continue to lean on that and I'm going to continue to go on my gut and I'm going to let the results speak for themselves.
[2:10:37] And if you're continuing to deliver results that continue keeping us on that uptrend, the man, take it.
[2:10:47] Right, but please continue to treat I don't like your baby because we're still fragile we're still sensitive. We're still in a very
[2:10:58] growing phase
[2:10:59] Right, but I am confident and I feel good and I trust that two years from now, three years from now, four years from now
[2:11:05] We're going to be able to look back and we're going to be like we gave this guy the shot even though we didn't maybe feel like it
[2:11:11] But we gave this guy the shot and he continued to do the right thing and continued to go upwards. So
[2:11:17] because of those two things I'm okay but I always know that there's people in
[2:11:24] the background watching so we will be policing you're being policed right
[2:11:30] that's all got me thank
[2:11:35] you for answering all the questions you want to say
[2:11:39] motion or I look for motion motion member T can I give you can we get a second
[2:11:44] I'll second all in favor. No, but little hate me and I still think you're great. And unlike Councilman Maysa said, prove me wrong.
[2:11:56] Prove us right, doctor. Prove them right. Prove me wrong.
[2:11:59] I was right. All righty. All along to public until the authority consent calendar. Again, routine and nature non-controversial.
[2:12:08] All right.
[2:12:09] All right.
[2:12:12] All right.
[2:12:14] All right.
[2:12:14] Madam City Court, did we get, did we approve the consent calendar, the rest of it?
[2:12:17] All right.
[2:12:18] That's what he just did right now.
[2:12:19] Well, he did, I think the first one and then we did.
[2:12:21] Oh, you already did the first, okay.
[2:12:22] Yeah.
[2:12:22] And then very beginning and then they pulled them.
[2:12:24] No.
[2:12:25] No.
[2:12:25] I thought we approved.
[2:12:26] No.
[2:12:26] The project.
[2:12:27] I thought you were just approving the regular consent.
[2:12:29] We did not approve the everything else.
[2:12:31] Yeah.
[2:12:31] We didn't approve it.
[2:12:33] My father.
[2:12:34] That's what I pulled and discussed before approving.
[2:12:36] Yes.
[2:12:36] Yes. All right. So I'm motion. I'm motion that we approve the consent calendar. All in favor. All right.
[2:12:42] All right. Usually we approve. I know, but you didn't. You may want to make sure that you want to get. You guys are going to be quick.
[2:12:49] I'm tripping. Yeah. They got me confused as being quick. Now moving on to the APUA.
[2:12:55] Items again are reaching in nature. Now come to the restaurant.
[2:12:58] No, can we not? Because I apologize. So if you all want to do that, then I'll have to vote no on an item.
[2:13:04] Or if you would wouldn't mind rescinding that whole transaction and redoing that
[2:13:10] I know because I thought we were voting for the first
[2:13:14] Reflect for the record that you're a no on which one the sewer well
[2:13:18] I might not be how you know what I'm going to see
[2:13:20] You already you'll see the issue. I'm seeing
[2:13:24] It wasn't even too. So I look y'all doing to
[2:13:26] You want to do APU is he want to point item on APU? Oh, yes, please
[2:13:30] please. What are you going to say, why not? Well, I know, but because we already
[2:13:35] voted like Mayor Potomac. Well, we went back. I got you. Okay. Okay. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
[2:13:40] Hold on.
[2:13:42] So yes, Brenda. Thank you. I am definitely a no on two. No. I'm sorry on
[2:13:50] yes, two, but I need to pull four. Please for discussion. So no one to pull four for
[2:13:58] discussion. Yes.
[2:14:01] Number four. Finance should be on the line. Diana, are you on the line?
[2:14:07] And I apologize city manager. I spent too much time with Dr. K this morning. I didn't get to you
[2:14:11] to ask these questions. She's not. Diana, can you come down here? And I don't. Yeah.
[2:14:24] If Diana is coming down, do you want to approve the rest of the APUA consent?
[2:14:28] I'm motion that we approve APUA. Second. All in favor? Hi. We'll just pull that for discussion
[2:14:34] forward and move on and you know what I'm sorry mayor we don't even do that I'll just I'll just vote
[2:14:39] no on four vote no on for yeah we can move on so you know on two and four correct got it got it
[2:14:44] new business community action partnership uh San Bernardino County 60th anniversary gala sponsorship
[2:14:52] real quick um Todd for the record because I am a board member for and can be action partners but I am not
[2:15:00] I don't receive any kind of financial contributions from them, but because I am a board member, would this be a good time to reduce myself? It would, and like we discussed, you likely don't have a conflict, but I think just given the perception in this case, you should be careful yourself. We'll sit in the corner. City manager, turn it over to you, sir. Thank you. Mayor Ray is on the council. Last at the last regular schedule, city council meeting, we have the community action.
[2:15:29] in partnership, members or a member show up
[2:15:34] and provide us with a presentation,
[2:15:36] explained all the benefits that they provide
[2:15:40] our residents, but not only our residents,
[2:15:43] on a statewide level.
[2:15:46] And so councilwoman up to Grove is requesting,
[2:15:52] the council's support a donation
[2:15:54] in the amount above, I believe $10,000
[2:15:57] for one of their upcoming events.
[2:16:03] And so we heard a day to see if the council is open to that suggestion of a $10,000 donation for their upcoming.
[2:16:12] I'm going to call it Gala, or a-
[2:16:14] It is a Gala, and they do have the item attached, the sponsorship deck.
[2:16:20] Thank you, Brenda.
[2:16:22] That concludes my report.
[2:16:24] All righty, council questions.
[2:16:26] I don't have any questions. Actually, I was before hearing what the specific ask was. I was
[2:16:33] looking between the five and 10,000 sponsorship. I think that what it boils down to is what
[2:16:38] we get out of it, right? And what we feel is worth the quote-unquote name recognition we
[2:16:45] would get, right? So in the $10,000 sponsorship, we would get four tickets. I don't know if
[2:16:48] all of y'all want to go, but I'm assuming her ticket is comped, right? So that would get
[2:16:51] all of us in, the Entry Recognition and Signage at their event, the full-page Gala Program
[2:16:57] booklet ad, recognition on their social media platform, the sponsor's name engraved
[2:17:04] on a friendship T-leaf, right, that's going to be displayed at their office.
[2:17:09] And then for the next six months, we would have our logo on their website.
[2:17:12] So I think that's worth $10,000, I think we've given $10,000 for less return.
[2:17:19] and so I would be in support of her ask.
[2:17:23] That's what makes them.
[2:17:24] I think $10,000 is cool, even if we got nothing back,
[2:17:28] they already give so much.
[2:17:30] And so this is a bonus on what they already do
[2:17:33] for our community.
[2:17:34] I mean, the only one competing them with them right now is,
[2:17:37] well, there's two.
[2:17:38] There's the one that was just in here and new leaves.
[2:17:43] So those, they're right there killing it
[2:17:47] And in our city, so, um, yes, for me, so, yep.
[2:17:52] In between.
[2:17:53] Hey,
[2:18:00] I'm not going to be a hater.
[2:18:01] I'm not.
[2:18:03] But I'm not going to think of my heart.
[2:18:05] And I'm going to ask the bank, first of all.
[2:18:07] If, um, do we, do we?
[2:18:16] So I know we have, we have the Christmas parade coming up.
[2:18:20] We've got movies in the park coming up.
[2:18:23] What is our balance looking like?
[2:18:25] Is it before we just agreed to $10,000 is something that we're can we afford it?
[2:18:31] I don't know if there's another if we talked about a we talked about a harvest festival as well.
[2:18:36] I want to say at this time we probably have about $25,000 in there.
[2:18:43] Then we'll deduct the items for the community garden.
[2:18:48] So we are getting low in that and that fund we do ask for donations,
[2:18:53] questions, you know, for the Christmas parade and such.
[2:18:57] So we need to get those letters out, the sponsorship letters out.
[2:19:01] Yes, Mr. Mayor Maye, members of the council, I want to remind you that we recently had
[2:19:08] an auction, okay, and it hasn't been brought to you.
[2:19:12] We will be bringing that total amount that was that we raised correction.
[2:19:20] Thank you.
[2:19:20] That we raised at our next Raider Schedule Council meeting where you'll be able to move those monies around an
[2:19:27] Estimate the estimated amount that was raised was approximately 70 between 70 and $75,000 total to the city
[2:19:43] So just wanted to remind you of that
[2:19:49] So even looking at right now, even if we gave the 10 and took the five out for the
[2:19:55] SSA, the Community Garden, then the five out for movies in the park. I know it's not that much.
[2:20:00] Thank you very much, but I should say five, then the ten, that leads us to the five. And you know what? I'm going to agree to it because I'm going to come back and ask for some money for some artwork. So, so that, so just render 19 and then put 10, then put the nine, um, how much is the movies in the park? Can you get my dogger thing? We'd like to ask them if so. Can I, can I marry our Brenna? So it's safe to estimate five mayor, right? It's on a, it's on a high side because the, the amount for the licensing
[2:20:30] and then the waters and the candies.
[2:20:35] So we're at four, right?
[2:20:38] If, and it's not included in our crisis parade.
[2:20:40] It's not including Chris Spray, correct?
[2:20:42] So with the 25 taking away the six for the community garden,
[2:20:47] puts us down to 19.
[2:20:48] We do this 10 for this that puts down a nine,
[2:20:53] five for the movies in the park that was done at four
[2:20:56] and typical Chris is prayed.
[2:20:58] If we were to move it back to Seneca this year, what are we looking at?
[2:21:04] 40,000.
[2:21:05] 40,000 dollars.
[2:21:06] So a typical crisis period costs about 40 grand, and we're at $4,000 right now.
[2:21:14] So.
[2:21:15] Do we normally get most of that sponsored?
[2:21:18] We'll probably get about 2,500 sponsored for the day.
[2:21:21] 2,500?
[2:21:22] Yes.
[2:21:23] After sending out all our letters.
[2:21:28] But again, as the city manager stated that we could move the auction money.
[2:21:33] Right, for the crisis parade, and I hear, and I hear us on that, but you already said that you're forward.
[2:21:40] So, community action partners, this is a gala, so they're raising money,
[2:21:49] they're raising money.
[2:21:55] To continue to provide the services they provide to our residents.
[2:22:03] Mr. Mayor, members of the council, may I?
[2:22:06] Yeah.
[2:22:06] I want to remind the council back in 2018, 19,
[2:22:11] or actually when COVID hit, that was what, 1920?
[2:22:16] Mr. Mayor, you reached out and you reached out
[2:22:19] and the Community Action Partnership showed up
[2:22:22] to the stadium and provided very much needed food bank
[2:22:27] for our residents that were heavily negatively impacted
[2:22:31] by the COVID pandemic.
[2:22:34] A lot of folks were out of employment,
[2:22:39] and they showed up at your request, Mr. Mayor,
[2:22:42] and you fed not only did you feed the residents
[2:22:44] of Adalanta, but you fed also residents
[2:22:46] of the neighboring cities.
[2:22:50] And I don't think my issue is necessarily giving
[2:22:54] community action partners the sponsorship, right?
[2:22:58] because like you made mentioned councilman Evans earlier and your statements
[2:23:02] with this like we've gotten less from more from who well when we gave the
[2:23:12] Hispanic Chamber of Commerce he does nothing for us can I finish before you
[2:23:16] can I yeah let me finish like I just want to hear no what I'm actually agreeing
[2:23:21] with her statement in regards to I am saying we gave $10,000 we gave $10,000 to
[2:23:30] No, not the chamber. I'm talking the highest of the VVC thing. Ms. Bell, what is she?
[2:23:38] The DVL. DVL and they've done nothing for our community. They don't even visit our
[2:23:45] community. Thank you. So, like, I'm a green with with that, but it's just like only reason
[2:23:52] why I'm being hesitant, council, is I'm a hesitant on giving them this money, but we need to be
[2:23:59] hesitant and just how quickly we just give money away to other organizations when like we have
[2:24:07] limited amount of funds, right? I'm trying to stress the fact that it's hard work to raise
[2:24:15] money to our benefit court as a collective and we have a lot of ambitions and things in this
[2:24:21] and the third, we had Mayor Pro Tem jokingly but very seriously say, well I'll support this because I want to go and pay more boxes like
[2:24:28] We all want to do a lot of things but no one is collectively putting money back into that account if it's not for
[2:24:35] And of course it's your job city manager, but like
[2:24:39] I'm just saying let's be more cautious on just how quickly we're trying to give away
[2:24:45] 10 grand and 10 grand and 5 grand to things that are not directly like benefiting our community that's that's my point in this.
[2:24:55] I agree with you 100% I think we just said two organizations right now that.
[2:25:00] We could be in agreement in that don't do anything for our city. So I just think community action partners has done this for years without us giving them anything or them even asking for anything. And they should be part of our also our other. The other fun we talked about when they were here as well. If the CBDG funding, right, those should be, like I said, we got three organizations right now that are really doing something in our city.
[2:25:29] at a top-notch level. There's other little ones and they're doing what they can do, but there's three
[2:25:35] that are deserving of these kind of rewards. All right, with that being said, I'll go ahead and
[2:25:41] avoid. Can you repeat what comes with that sponsorship real quick, please? Yes, sir. And if you have
[2:25:48] your agenda, it's all with the bottom. So in the silver advocate sponsorship, $10,000, you get four
[2:25:55] For tickets for guests, on-screen recognition and signage at the event, full page ad in
[2:26:02] Gala program booklet, recognition on social media platforms, sponsors name engraved on
[2:26:09] a friendship T-leaf displayed at the CAPSBC office, website recognition, dash logo displayed
[2:26:18] on CAPSBC website for six months.
[2:26:22] All
[2:26:29] right, I'm going to go ahead and open up public comment here at 127.
[2:26:37] I'm going to go ahead and close it at 127.
[2:26:39] Councilor needed further comments.
[2:26:42] No, I just want to say just to throw it out there just so we're on the same page,
[2:26:48] what I'm thinking is the bar boxes are cool.
[2:26:54] Even the parade's fun, but this is feeding our community, right?
[2:26:59] So all those other things are always things are like, the last touch of a city that oh, and we're going to paint the boxes, you know, but if we're not feeding our residents, what are we doing painting boxes, right?
[2:27:13] And that's kind of where I want to make sure we take care of people who are actually and they are doing this for years. I just want to throw that one more time.
[2:27:21] So I'll move that we approve the sponsorship for $10,000 to the S, I'm sorry to the CAP, SBC, Galis, 60th anniversary.
[2:27:33] I'll second. All in favor?
[2:27:36] Aye.
[2:27:37] Aye.
[2:27:39] No, I'm ready.
[2:27:40] And that is all.
[2:27:43] Future agenda.
[2:27:44] You want to cross on the bridge?
[2:27:53] I don't think of necessarily your motion.
[2:27:55] I think it was the item for sure
[2:28:03] And painting the boxes is mentally feeding okay
[2:28:07] Bro, it mentally drained me when I didn't see my Dodger one up
[2:28:11] Okay, when I hold around I saw there was like somebody sliding but it wasn't Dodger. I was like that. I can do it
[2:28:16] I'll put it down. I'll put a Dodger sticker
[2:28:18] I can keep the mine coming.
[2:28:19] You could, graffiti it with Dodgers.
[2:28:21] All right, Councilor Nevins, featuring Nevins.
[2:28:24] Yes, I've brought this item before council before it hasn't
[2:28:27] been brought back, so now I'm going to put a time stamp on it.
[2:28:29] Please, city manager, I do believe after I've actually
[2:28:33] had some great council from people that we have come up
[2:28:40] with the proper, perfect solution to not
[2:28:46] have to put up another measure for a vacant land, but still accomplish the
[2:28:51] mission. So I would ask that's brought back on the next agenda. Please can
[2:28:57] I get a say? You might want to repeat it. I remember what it was but it was
[2:29:00] about finding or something with the vacant lands already. Yeah so we had brought
[2:29:04] that up before it's been on the agenda. I'm sorry can we clarify what we're
[2:29:10] trying to accomplish. Yeah, I was like an action item, discussion and action.
[2:29:15] Yep, discussion and action on a policy. I'm learning good words, Ty, which
[2:29:22] will be in trouble. A policy that will put in place to address vacant land
[2:29:31] properties. That's how I would like to work. I'll second.
[2:29:37] All the favorite side. And
[2:29:40] And then the only other one that I have is I'd like to bring back for discussion are vehicle policy, please.
[2:29:50] Second.
[2:29:55] No, we got anything to say.
[2:29:56] There you go.
[2:29:57] Second.
[2:29:58] All in favor.
[2:30:00] All right.
[2:30:03] Thank you. Councilwoman of the Grove. I'm nothing. Nesa,
[2:30:10] I did have one.
[2:30:14] No, we kind of
[2:30:16] Jesse stole the thunder making us talk about it when he said he was going to pay for everything
[2:30:19] for the center. I was all like, who's out there? Well, we're going to pay for it. Thanks.
[2:30:26] But it was yeah, I gave it was cool. All right. That's all that's all I have right now.
[2:30:33] All righty, well that being said, I move that we go to a journey and our next
[2:30:40] River City Council meeting will be held September 10th at 11 a.m. or 10
[2:30:44] might as 1.31.
[2:30:45] Can I get a second?
[2:30:46] A second?
[2:30:47] A lot of favor?
[2:30:48] Aye.
[2:30:49] Have a great day.
[2:30:50] Let's go eat.
[2:30:55] Senior Center.